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3 years ago

In your own words describe the motion of convection currents?

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Convection is the circular motion that occurs as hotter air or liquid increases when the cooler air or liquid drops down, and has faster moving molecules, rendering it less dense. Convection currents within the earth shift layers of magma, and currents are formed by convection in the ocean.

Black_prince [1.1K]3 years ago

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Heat energy can transfer by convection when there is a significant difference in temperature between two parts of a fluid. When this temperature difference exists, hot fluids rise and cold fluids sink, and then currents, or movements, are created in the fluid.

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Car A with a mass of 725 kilograms is traveling east at an initial velocity of 15 meters/second. It collides head–on with car B,

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Answer:

$p_t_o_t_a_l=250kg\frac{m}{s}$

Explanation:

The total momentum of a system is defined by:

$(mv)_t_o_t=m_1v_1+m_2v_2+...$

Where,

$(mv)_t_o_t$ is the total momentum or it could be expressed also as $p_t_o_t_a_l$ .

$m_1$ and $m_2$ represents the masses of the objects interacting in the system.

$v_1$ and $v_2$ are the velocities of the objects of the system.

Remember: The momentum is a fundamental physical magnitude of vector type.

We have:

$m_1=725 kg$

$v_1=15\frac{m}{s}\\m_2=625 kg$

We are going to take the east side as positive, and the west side as negative. Then the velocity of the car B, has to be negative. It goes in a different direction from car A.

$v_2=-17\frac{m}{s}$

Then the total momentum of the system is:

$p_t_o_t_a_l=m_1v_1+m_2v_2\\p_t_o_t_a_l=(725kg)(15\frac{m}{s})+(625kg)(-17\frac{m}{s})\\p_t_o_t_a_l=10875kg\frac{m}{s}-10625kg\frac{m}{s}\\p_t_o_t_a_l=250kg\frac{m}{s}$

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The ideal mechanical advantage of an inclined plane is 3.5, and its efficiency is 0.6. What is the mechanical advantage of the i

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Mechanical advantage = ideal mechanical advantage x efficiency = 3.5 x 0.6 = 2.1
The mechanical advantage of the inclined plane is 2.1

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A bullet is fired with a muzzle velocity of 1178 ft/sec from a gun aimed at an angle of 26° above the horizontal. Find the horiz

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Answer:

1058.78 ft/sec

Explanation:

Horizontal Component of Velocity; This is the velocity of a body that act on the horizontal axis. I.e Velocity along x-axis

The horizontal velocity of a body can be calculated as shown below.\

Vh = Vcos∅.......................... Equation 1

Where Vh = horizontal component of the velocity, V = The velocity acting between the horizontal and the vertical axis, ∅ = Angle the velocity make with the horizontal.

Given: V = 1178 ft/sec, ∅ = 26°

Substitute into equation 1

Vh = 1178cos26

Vh = 1178(0.8988)

Vh = 1058.78 ft/sec

Hence the horizontal component of the velocity = 1058.78 ft/sec

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Sunlight is a form of electromagnetic energy. a. True b. False

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The statement, Sunlight is a form of electromagnetic energy, is true. The answer is letter A. Electromagnetic energy is a form of radiant energy that released by electromagnetic radiation. One example of an electromagnetic radiation is the visible light. And visible light can be radio waves, infrared light and X - rays. The rays of the sun are a form of visible light. It has an electromagnetic radiation of UV (ultra violet) rays. That is why the radiation at day is greater than at day due to sun’s rays.

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A tow truck is pulling 25,000 kg van with a tow hook that meets the van at an angle of 30° with the ground. How much force must

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Answer:

86605.08 N

Explanation:

The equation to calculate the force is:

Force = mass * acceleration

The force and the acceleration does not have the same direction in this case, so we need to decompose the force into its horizontal component, which is the force that will generate the horizontal acceleration:

Force_x = Force * cos(30)

Then, we have that:

Force_x = mass * acceleration

Force * cos(30) = 25000 * 3

Force * 0.866 = 75000

Force = 75000 / 0.866 = 86605.08 N

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