Explanation:
A concave meniscus,(normally seen) occurs when the molecules of the liquid are attracted to those of the container. This occurs with water and a glass tube. A convex meniscus occurs when the molecules have a stronger attraction to each other than to the container, as with mercury and glass.
Answer:

is time required to heat to boiling point form initial temperature.
Explanation:
Given:
initial temperature of water, 
time taken to vapourize half a liter of water, 
desity of water, 
So, the givne mass of water, 
enthalpy of vaporization of water, 
specific heat of water, 
Amount of heat required to raise the temperature of given water mass to 100°C:



Now the amount of heat required to vaporize 0.5 kg of water:

where:
mass of water vaporized due to boiling


Now the power rating of the boiler:



Now the time required to heat to boiling point form initial temperature:


Kinetic energy is related to velocity by:
KE = (1/2)mv^2
solve for mass m
10 = (1/2)m(10)^2
10 = (1/2)m(100)
10= 50m
10/50 = m
1/5 = m
at 20 km/hr
KE = (1/2)(1/5)(20)^2
KE = (1/10)(400)
KE = 40 J
Answer:
Final temperature of the aluminum = 41.8 °C
Explanation:
We have the equation for energy
E = mcΔT
Here m = 55 g = 0.055 kg
ΔT = T - 27.5
Specific heat capacity of aluminum = 921.096 J/kg.K
E = 725 J
Substituting
E = mcΔT
725 = 0.055 x 921.096 x (T - 27.5)
T - 27.5 = 14.31
T = 41.81 ° C = 41.8 °C
Final temperature of the aluminum = 41.8 °C
To the Earth in less than ten minutes.