Why does a gymnast rub powder on his hands before exercising on a set of parallel bars? (I need a scientific answer)

Latent heat of vaporization refers to which changes of state? liquid to gas or gas to liquid solid to gas or gas to solid solid to liquid or gas to liquid gas to liquid or liquid to solid

Using what you have learned about energy transformations, explain why the driver of a car has to continuously apply pressure to the gas pedal in order to keep the car cruising at a steady speed, even on a flat road.

Why is space weather a bigger concern now than it was in the past?

Joules could be used to measure Question 1 options: a) work done in lifting a bowling ball b) potential energy of the bowling ball on a shelf c) kinetic energy of a rolling bowling ball d) all of the above

What is 7.325 NS x 10 to the 549 power GS equal?

Is a lung a living organism, why or why not?

A wire carries a steady current of 2.20 A. A straight section of the wire is 0.750 m long and lies along the y axis within a uniform magnetic field, vector B = 1.70 k T.

A 5.00-kg howler monkey is swinging due east on a vine. It overtakes and grabs onto a 6.00-kg monkey also moving east on a second vine. The first monkey is moving at 10.0 m/s at the instant it grabs the second, which is moving at 7.00 m/s.

One of the heating systems we talked about in this course comprises of a system of ducts. What is the process by which heat is transferred in this system? a. Conduction b. Convection c. Radiation d. None of the above

If the north pole of a magnet in a compass is attracted to Earth's geographic north, what must be the polarity of Earth's magnetic north pole? A. north B. south C. It can't be determined from the information given.