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3 years ago

What evidence did wegener have to support his theory of plate tectonics?

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PSYCHO15rus [73]3 years ago

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Answer:

Wegener first thought of this idea by noticing that the different large landmasses of the Earth almost fit together like a jigsaw puzzle. The continental shelf of the Americas fits closely to Africa and Europe, and other continents showed the same trend. Wegner also analyzed both sides of the Atlantic Ocean for rock type, geological structures and fossils and noticed that there was a significant similarity between matching sides of the continents, especially in fossil plants.

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A soft tennis ball is dropped onto a hard floor from a height of 1.50 m and rebounds to a height of 1.10 m. (a) Calculate its ve

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(a) v = 5.42m/s

(b) vo = 4.64m/s

(d) Δy = 5.11*10^-3m

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(a) The velocity of the ball before it hits the floor is given by:

$v=\sqrt{2gh}$ (1)

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h: height where the ball falls down = 1.50m

$v=\sqrt{2(9.8m/s^2)(1.50m)}=5.42\frac{m}{s}$

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(b) To calculate the velocity of the ball, after it leaves the floor, you use the information of the maximum height reached by the ball after it leaves the floor.

You use the following formula:

$h_{max}=\frac{v_o^2}{2g}$ (2)

vo: velocity of the ball where it starts its motion upward

You solve for vo and replace the values of the parameters:

$v_o=\sqrt{2gh_{max}}=\sqrt{2(9.8m/s^2)(1.10m)}=4.64\frac{m}{s}$

The velocity of the ball is 4.64m/s

(c) The acceleration is given by:

$a=\frac{\Delta v}{\Delta t}=\frac{v_o-v}{3.50*10^{-3}s}=\frac{4.64m/s-(-5.42m)/s}{3.50*10^{-3}s}=2874.285\frac{m}{s^2}$

$a=\frac{\Delta v}{\Delta t}=\frac{v_o-v}{3.50*10^{-3}s}=\frac{4.64m/s-5.42m/s}{3.50*10^{-3}s}=-222.85\frac{m}{s^2}$

The acceleration of the ball is 2874.28/s^2

(d) The compression of the ball is:

$\Deta y=\frac{v^2}{2(a)}=\frac{(5.42m/s)^2}{2(2874.28m/s^2)}=5.11*10^{-3}m$

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