Activity 1. Part A. Lat There Be Light

When does gravitational lensing occur? High concentrations of dark matter cause length contraction of nearby objects. The gravit

Stella [2.4K]

Answer:

A massive object (like a galaxy cluster) bends the light from an object (like a quasar) that lies behind it.

Explanation:

A massive object, like a galaxy cluster, is able to deform the space-time shape as a consequence of its own gravity, so the light that it is coming from a source that is behind it in the line of sight will be bend or distorts in a way that will be magnified, making small arcs around the cluster with the image of the background object.

This technique is useful for astronomers since they make research of faraway objects (at hight redshift) that otherwise will difficult to detect with a telescope.

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4 years ago

What two important factors determine the nature of an ecosystem?

UNO [17]

The answer is A. a habitat’s features are determined by the abiotic factors such as temperature and humidity.

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3 years ago

At one point in space, the electric potential energy of a 15 nC charge is 42 μJ . Part A) What is the electric potential at this

Anastasy [175]

Answer:

Part A:

$\rm 2.8\times 10^3\ Volts.$

Part B:

$\rm 5.6\times 10^{-5}\ J.$

Explanation:

Part A:

Potential energy of charge at the given point, $\rm U=42\ \mu J=42\times 10^{-6}\ J.$

Charge, $\rm q=15\ nC = 15\times 10^{-9}\ C.$

The potential energy at a point due to a charge is defined as

$\rm U=qV$ .

where,

V = electric potential at that point.

Therefore,

$\rm V=\dfrac{U}{q}=\dfrac{42\times 10^{-6}}{15\times 10^{-9}}=2.8\times 10^3\ Volts.$

Part B:

Now, if the charge at that point is replaced with $\rm q_1 = 20\ nC = 20\times 10^{-9}\ C.$ , then the electric potential energy at that point is given by

$\rm U=q_1V = 20\times 10^{-9}\times 2.8\times 10^3=5.6\times 10^{-5}\ J.$

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3 years ago

How does inertia affect the motion of an object?

Furkat [3]

Inertia affects the motion of an object as follows:

When an object is in motion, it will continue to be in the same state unless otherwise some outside force is being applied to it. Thus, inertia affects the motion of an object. It restricts some other force being acted upon the object.

But mass of an object is directly proportional to inertia. So when the inertia is more on an object, it means that the object has more mass. For example, if there are two similar bricks, one that is made up of mortar and the other one is made of Styrofoam.

To identify which brick is made of Styrofoam without lifting the bricks, push both the bricks with equal force, the one that has less resistance tends to move faster. This means that it has less inertia and hence less mass.

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4 years ago

Satellite A orbits a planet at a distance d from the planet’s center with a centripetal acceleration a0. A second identical sate

leva [86]

To solve this problem it is necessary to use the concepts related to the Gravitational Force and Newton's Second Law, as far as we know:

$F_g = \frac{GMm}{r^2}$