Why does a boat that is bumped by a wave not actually move to another position in the water

Red light of wavelength 633 nm from a helium-neon laser passes through a slit 0.340 mm wide. The diffraction pattern is observed on a screen 3.80 m away. Define the width of a bright fringe as the distance between the minima on either side. a.

By which method does heat travel from the sun to Earth? A. Conduction B. Convection C. Evaporation D. Radiation

The space shuttle is located exactly half way between the earth and the moon. Which statement is true regarding the gravitational pull on the shuttle? (a) The moon pulls more on the shuttle. (b) The earth pulls more on the shuttle.

When an element is heated in a bunsen burner flame, the resulting color of the flame changes can be used to identify the element.

What is linear diameter of an object that has an angular diameter of 22 arc seconds and a distance of 1400 m

You are watching children play a game of tug-o-war with an old plastic clothesline. The two teams are pulling at opposite ends of the cord and each team is trying to drag the other team into a mud puddle that lies between them.

What is the rate at which electrical energy is converted to another form of energy called?

A person gives a shopping cart an initial push along a horizontal floor to get it moving, and then lets go. The cart travels forward along the floor, gradually slowing as it moves.

A driver, traveling at 22.0 m/s, slows down her 2.00 x 103 kg car to stop for a red light. What work is done by the friction force against the wheels?

If the masses of an object increase and their distance from each other stays the same the force of gravity decreases increases stays the same increases then decreases