Why would an object float in water, but sink in rubbing alcohol?

if you put something like a piece of cardboard between a magnet and an iron nail the magnets to hold the nail in place even though the magnet is not touching the nail explain how that happens

Which is the best location for storing radioactive wastes? in the sand of a remote island in chambers carved into the rock of a mountain in the lava tubes of an active volcano in natural caverns formed by the action of a river

A conducting copper wire has a 2.0mm diametr, a 1.5 length, and a 50 m resistance. What is the resitivity of the wire? What general information would you need to find out in order to answer the question

All household circuits are wired in parallel. A 1120-W toaster, a 310-W blender, and a 50-W lamp are plugged into the same outlet. (The three devices are in parallel when plugged into the same outlet.

1. If a Creature Cat's Ferrari With an initial speed of 15 m/s, accelerates at a rate of 60/m/s/s for 5 s, what will the final speed be?

If a pressure gauge measure an increase in 3*10^ (5) Pa on an area of 0.7 m^2, calculate the increase in the force applied to the area?

Which of the following is an example of potential rather than kinetic energy? a. water rushing over Niagara Falls b. a molecule of glucose c. a crawling beetle foraging for food d. light flashes emitted by a firefly

If a force of 15 newtons [N] is applied to a surface and the pressure is measured as 4,000 pascals [Pa], what is the area of the surface in units of square milimeters [mm2 ]?

An engineer has the task of producing an aluminum alloy with a density of 3.0 grams per cubic centimeter. She comes up with the perfect alloy and saves a sample of it. Which mass and volume measurements correspond to this sample? 7 g and 2.

What must be your car's average speed in order to travel 235km in 3.25 hours?