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What do scientists think cause the movement of crustal plates

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Novay_Z [31]4 years ago

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The movement of the molten rocks underneath the plates

julia-pushkina [17]4 years ago

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Scientists think convection currents are what cause earth's plates to move. A convection current is caused by differences in temperature. Mantle material close to earth's core is very hot. Mantle material near the lithosphere is cooler.

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$v = r\omega$

Explanation:

If the object is rolling without slipping, every unit of rotated angle equals to a distance perimeter rotated.

Suppose the object complete 1 revolution within time t. The angular distance is 2π rad. Its angular velocity is 2π/t

The distance it covered is its circumference, which is 2πr, and so the speed is 2πr/t

So the linear speed compared to angular speed is

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A jet is circling an airport control tower at a distance of 20.6 km. An observer in the tower watches the jet cross in front of

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197.76 m

Explanation:

r = Radius of the path = 20.6 km = $20.6\times 10^3\ m$

$\theta$ = The angle subtended by moon = $9.6\times 10^{-3}\ rad$

Distance traveled is given by

$s=r\times\theta$

$\Rightarrow s=20.6\times 10^3\times 9.6\times 10^{-3}$

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The distance traveled by the jet is 197.76 m

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3 years ago

The charges and coordinates of two charged particles held fixed in the xy plane are: q1 = +3.3 µc, x1 = 3.5 cm, y1 = 0.50 cm, an

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1) First of all, we need to find the distance between the two charges. Their distance on the xy plane is
$d= \sqrt{(x_1-x_2)^2+(y_1-y_2)^2}$
substituting the coordinates of the two charges, we get
$d= \sqrt{(3.5+2)^2+(0.5-1.5)^2}=5.6~cm=0.056~m$

2) Then, we can calculate the electrostatic force between the two charges $q_1$ and $q_2$ , which is given by
$F=k_e \frac{q_1 q_2}{d^2}$
where $k_e=8.99\cdot10^{9} Nm^2C^{-2}$ is the Coulomb's constant.
Substituting numbers, we get
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and the negative sign means the force between the two charges is attractive, because the two charges have opposite sign.

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3 years ago

Explain the origin of the magnitude designation for determining the brightness of stars. Why does it seem to go backward, with s

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Hipparchus was an ancient Greek who classified stars based on the brightness in 129 B.C. He grouped the brightest stars and ranked them 1 (first magnitude) and dimmest stars as 6 (sixth magnitude). Thus, the smaller numbers indicated brighter stars. Now, the scale extends in negative axis as well. More the negative number, brighter is the star. For example, Sun has magnitude -26.74.

This the apparent magnitude which means the classification is based on the brightness of the star as it appears from the Earth.

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Explain Energy Transformation using the image below and how the Law of Conservation of Energy is maintained.

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The chemical energy of petrol is converted to heat energy on combustion. The heat energy is converted to kinetic energy by the use of internal combustion engines in vehicles. The law of conservation of energy is maintained in each process.

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The kinetic energy of an object is associated with its motion. It can be related to the mass and velocity as

K.E = 1/2 mv²

Given is a diagram of energy conversion due to combustion.

The chemical energy of petrol is converted to heat energy on combustion. The heat energy is converted to kinetic energy by the use of internal combustion engines in vehicles.

The law of conservation of energy states that the energy can neither be created nor destroyed. It can be only converted to one form to the other.

In the given process, the mass decreases but energy remains the same in all forms of energy.

Hence, the law of conservation of energy is maintained in each process

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