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2 years ago

How do meteorites differ from meteors and meteoroids?

Physics

2 answers:

Evgesh-ka [11]2 years ago

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Answer:

When meteoroids enter Earth's atmosphere (or that of another planet, like Mars) at high speed and burn up, the fireballs or “shooting stars” are called meteors. When a meteoroid survives a trip through the atmosphere and hits the ground, it's called a meteorite.

Explanation:

Ira Lisetskai [31]2 years ago

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Answer: Meteoroid: Small particle from a comet or asteroid orbiting the Sun. Meteor: The light phenomena which results from a meteoroid entering the Earth's atmosphere and vaporizing; this is basically a shooting star. Meteorite: A meteoroid that survives through the Earth's atmosphere and lands on the Earth's surface.

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2 years ago

A marble resting near the edge of .90 m high table is given an initial horizontal speed of 1.24 m/s. What will be it’s horizonta

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0.53 m

Explanation:

First of all, we have to consider the vertical motion of the ball, in order to find the time it takes for the marble to reach the ground. The initial height is $h=0.90 m$ , the initial vertical velocity is zero, while the acceleration is $g=-9.81 m/s^2$ , so the vertical position at time t is given by

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$0=h-\frac{1}{2}gt^2$

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3 years ago

Tom is throwing an baseball at an aluminum can,

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Answer:

The question relates to the conservation of energy principle, the conservation of the linear momentum, and Newton's Laws of motion

Part A

1) Tom throwing a baseball at a can

The initial velocity of the baseball = v₂

The initial kinetic energy of the baseball, K.E.₂ = (1/2)·m₂·v₂²

∴ The final kinetic energy of the baseball, K.E.₂' = (1/2)·m₂·v₂'² < (1/2)·m₂·v₂²

Therefore, the energy of the ball before the collision is lesser than the energy of the ball after the collision

2) The evidence that would likely support the claim is that the baseball's height above the ground reduces rapidly immediately after the collision which is due to the reduced velocity, and therefore, the reduced (kinetic) energy

The final velocity of the baseball v₂' < v₂

Part B

1) The argument

The initial velocity of the can = v₁ = 0 (The can is initially at rest)

The initial kinetic energy of the can, K.E.₁ = (1/2)·m₁·v₁² = 0

The final velocity of the can v₁' > v₁ = 0

∴ The final kinetic energy of the can, K.E.₁ = (1/2)·m₁·v₁² > 0

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2 years ago

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