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3 years ago

How do coal deposits found in the U.S. and Serbia help prove the theory of continental drift?

Physics

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amid [387]3 years ago

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Answer:

Wegner's hypothesis met with wide skepticism, but found support and development in ... theory because Wegener could not satisfactorily explain how the continents moved.

Explanation:

Some of his theory was proven wrong, but he was still correct about his hypothesis. The fossils were part of proof for the theory because some of the fossils were found on shore line. And, some of those animals couldn't swim. So, this is proof that some animals lived on the land. And over time the land drifted apart.

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How much energy, in Joules, is needed to raise the temperature from 25.87°C to 33.16°C in a 2.66 kg block of each of the followi

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Answer:

(a) Silver, H = 455.67 J

(b) Iron, H = 870.67 J

Explanation:

mass of block, m = 2.66 kg = 266 g

T1 = 25.87° C

T2 = 33.16° C

ΔT = T2 - T1 = 33.16 - 25.87 = 7.29° C

(a) Specific heat of silver, c = 0.235 J/g K

The heat required is given by

H = m x c x ΔT

H = 266 x 0.235 x 7.29 = 455.67 J

(b) Specific heat of iron, c = 0.449 J/g K

The heat required is given by

H = m x c x ΔT

H = 266 x 0.449 x 7.29 = 870.67 J

The heat required is given by

H = m x c x ΔT

H = 266 x 0.522 x 7.29 = 1012.23 J

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2 years ago

The electric motor of a model train accelerates the train from rest to 0.540 m/s in 27.0 ms. The total mass of the train is 610

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Answer:

The value is $P =3.294 \ W$

Explanation:

From the question we are that

The velocity $v = 0.540 \ m/s$

The time taken is $t = 27.0 ms = 27.0 *10^{-3} \ s$

The total mass of the train is $m = 610 \ g = 0.610 \ kg$

Generally the average power delivered is mathematically represented as

$P =\frac{KE }{t}$

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

=> $P =\frac{ \frac{1}{2} * 0.610 * 0.540 ^2 }{ 27.0 *10^{-3}}$

=> $P =3.294 \ W$

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3 years ago

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Glycerin is poured into an open U-shaped tube until the height in both sides is 20cm. Ethyl alcohol is then poured into one arm

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Answer:

7.5 cm

Explanation:

In the figure we can see a sketch of the problem. We know that at the bottom of the U-shaped tube the pressure is equal in both branches. Defining $\rho_A:$ Ethyl alcohol density and $\rho_G:$ Glycerin density , we can write:

$\rho_A\times g \times h_1 + \rho_G \times g \times h_2 = \rho_G \times g \times h_3$

Simplifying:

$\rho_A\times h_1 = \rho_G \times (h_3 - h_2) (1)$

On the other hand:

$h_1 + h_2 = \Delta h + h_3$

Rearranging:

$h_1 - \Delta h = h_3 - h_2 (2)$

Replacing (2) in (1):

$\rho_A\times h_1 = \rho_G \times (h_1 - \Delta h)$

Rearranging:

$\frac{h_1 \times (\rho_A - \rho_G)}{- \rho_G} = \Delta h$

Data:

$h_1 = 20 cm; \rho_A = 0.789 \frac{g}{cm^3}; \rho_G = 1.26 \frac{g}{cm^3}$

$\frac{20 cm \times (0.789 - 1.26) \frac{g}{cm^3}}{- 1.26\frac{g}{cm^3}} = \Delta h$

$7.5 cm = \Delta h$

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Answer:

Conservation of angular momentum

Explanation:

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