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3 years ago

What causes earthquakes,tsunami, and volcanic eruptions to happen certain places and not others

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These are all caused by tectonic plate movements. Some areas of the globe are more susceptible to these disasters because they are on or near a fault line where the Earth’s tectonic plates rub against one another, slip beside and under each other, or collide. The places near fault lines are more likely to see earthquakes, tsunamis, and volcanic activity.

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A ball falls from the top of a building. As it falls, its speed increases. Which type of energy is the ball gaining as it falls?

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The answer is: B. Kinetic energy

Since the ball is falling, speed increases because the gravity acceleration is acting. When speed increases, the kinetic energy increases too, so the ball is gaining kinetic energy.

The gravity acceleration is equal to $9.81\frac{m}{s^{2}}$ , it means that when falling, the ball will increase it's speed 9.81m every second.

We can calculate the kinetic energy by using the following formula:

$KE=\frac{1}{2}*m*v^{2}$

Where:

$m=mass\\v=velocity$

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3 years ago

Consider two massless springs connected in parallel. Springs 1 and 2 have spring constants k1 and k2 and are connected via a thi

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Answer:

k1 + k2

Explanation:

Spring 1 has spring constant k1

Spring 2 has spring constant k2

After being applied by the same force, it is clearly mentioned that spring are extended by the same amount i.e. extension of spring 1 is equal to extension of spring 2.

x1 = x2

Since the force exerted to each spring might be different, let's assume F1 for spring 1 and F2 for spring 2. Hence the equations of spring constant for both springs are

k1 = F1/x -> F1 =k1*x

k2 = F2/x -> F2 =k2*x

While F = F1 + F2

Substitute equation of F1 and F2 into the equation of sum of forces

F = F1 + F2

F = k1*x + k2*x

= x(k1 + k2)

Note that this is applicable because both spring have the same extension of x (I repeat, EXTENTION, not length of the spring)

Considering the general equation of spring forces (Hooke's Law) F = kx,

The effective spring constant for the system is k1 + k2

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How are pupae, larvae, and nymphs similar? *Answer Fast!*

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They are all a cycle!

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They just are all cycles.

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3 years ago

A physics student stands on a cliff overlooking a lake and decides to throw a softball to her friends in the water below. She th

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The horizontal distance covered by the ball before hitting the water is 70.4 m

Explanation:

The motion of the ball is the motion of a projectile, so it consists of two independent motions:

A uniform motion along the horizontal (x) direction
A uniformly accelerated motion along the vertical (y) direction

We start by calculating the time of flight of the ball. This can be done by analyzing the vertical motion. We can use the following suvat equation:

$s=u_y t + \frac{1}{2}at^2$

where:

s = -16.5 m is the vertical displacement of the ball (it is negative because we take upward as positive direction)

$u_y$ is the initial vertical velocity of the ball, which is given by

$u_y = u sin \theta$

where

u = 23.5 m/s is the initial velocity

$\theta=33.5^{\circ}$ is the angle of projection

Substituting,

$u_y=(23.5)(sin 33.5^{\circ})=13.0 m/s$

$a=g=-9.8 m/s^2$ is the acceleration of gravity, downward

Substituting everything into the equation we get:

$-16.5=13.0t-4.9t^2\\4.9t^2-13.0t-16.5=0$

Solving the equation for t, we find the time of flight of the ball:

t = -0.94 s

t = 3.59 s

We ignore the 1st solution since it is negative, so the ball reaches the water after 3.59 seconds.

Now we analyze the horizontal motion of the ball. The horizontal velocity is constant and it is:

$v_x=u cos \theta=(23.5)(cos 33.5^{\circ})=19.6 m/s$

Therefore, the horizontal distance covered in a time t is

$d=v_x t$

And substituting t = 3.59 s, we find

$d=(19.6)(3.59)=70.4 m$

So, the horizontal distance covered by the ball before hitting the water is 70.4 m.

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3 years ago

When does total internal reflection occur?

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I believe it is A because reflection is usually like a mirror or in water the other ones described are refraction or conversion. Hope this helps! :)

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