The distance of motion, or displacement, along a fault during an earthquake is known as:

Which of the following statements about polarized materials is NOT true? Two polarized filters that have polarizing axes parallel to each other will block all the light passing through them.

An increase of 50 dB increases the sound intensity by a factor of

Scuba divers are warned that if they must make a rapid ascent, they should exhale on the way up. If a diver rapidly ascends to the surface with lungs full of air, his lungs could be damaged. Explain why this is so.

The experimenter fom the video rotates on his stool, this time holding his empty hands in his lap. You stand on a desk above him and drop a long, heavy been bag straight down so that it lands across his lap, in his hands. what happens?

Is the mass per unit volume of a material. a) volume b) size c) weight d) density

What causes day and night on earth?

A yo-yo can be thought of as a solid cylinder of mass m and radius r that has a light string wrapped around its circumference (see below). One end of the string is held fixed in space.

Why is time an independent variable and position is a dependent variable in a position versus time graph

A geologist estimates that a large boulder weighs 7840 N. What should he estimate the mass of this boulder to be? A. 650 kg B. 740 kg C. 780 kg D. 800 kg

Two objects have the same momentum. Do the velocities of these objects necessarily have (a) the same directions and (b) the same magnitudes? Give your reasoning in each case.