Answer:
the branch of science concerned with the nature and properties of matter and energy. The subject matter of physics, distinguished from that of chemistry and biology, includes mechanics, heat, light and other radiation, sound, electricity, magnetism, and the structure of atoms.
The distance that light moves in a year is called a light year.
2) Light-year.
Answer:
(a) 
(b) 
Explanation:
(a) According to the law of conservation of energy, the potential energy of the person at 0.40 m is equal to its kinetic energy before the colision with the floor:

This is the initial velocity in the negative y-direction. Impulse is given by:

(b) The average force is:

Given:
Velocity: 0.5 mile/minute
Time: 12 minute
Now we know that speed and velocity have the same magnitude. Hence speed=velocity=0.5 mile/min
Substituting the given values in the above formula we get
Distance = 0.5 x 12= 6 miles