If a negatively charged rod is held near a neutral metal ball, the ball is attracted to the rod. this happens because

Which of kepler's laws explains why the sun has a slightly larger angular diameter in january than in july?

How do you think air resistance affects measured values of g? If you used a ping pong ball, for example, how would this affect the fall-time?

A 13 kg sled is moving at a speed of 3.0 m/s. at which of the following speedss will the sled have tace as mucb as the kinetic

Which of the following statements concerning revolution is true? A. Earth revolves around the sun. B. Earth revolves around its axis. C. The sun revolves around its axis. D. The revolution and rotation of earth are identical.

Which of these is true regarding weight but NOT mass? Question 1 options: a. Weight is based on density, mass is not. b. Weight is proportional to volume, mass is not. c. Weight changes based on inertia, mass does not. d.

Ron bicycles forward with an acceleration of 2.1 m/s2. If he is applying a forward force of 195 N, what is his mass?

Diane swim 5 kilometers against the current in the same amout of time it took her to swim 15 kilometers with the current. The rate of the current was 2 kilometers per hour. How fast would diane swim if there were no current?

A man paddles a canoe in a long, straight section of a river. The canoe moves downstream with constant speed 5 m/s relative to the water. The river has a steady current of 1 m/s relative to the bank. The man's hat falls into the river.

In an atom, almost all of the mass is concentrated in a tiny nucleus because

A truck travels down the highway at a speed of 110 km/hr. How long does the trip last if the truck covered 2200km?