Long periods of unusually low precipitation are called?

Radioisotopes often emit one or more types of radiation, including alpha particles, beta particles, and gamma rays. The distance the radiation travels through matter before being absorbed increases in order from alpha to gamma.

A 6.0 m wire with a mass of 50 g, is under tension. A transverse wave, for which the frequency is 810 Hz, the wavelength is 0.40 m, and the amplitude is 4.0 mm, is propagating on the wire.

Enise is riding her bike and falls to the ground. During the collision, she hits both grass and cement. Which best explains why Denise had fewer injuries to the area of her body that hit the grass?

A metal pot feels hot to the touch, but the plastic handle does not. Which type of material is the plastic handle? A. A thermal insulator, because it transfers heat easily B. A thermal conductor, because it does not transfer heat easily C.

A roller coaster passengers are suspended upside down as it moves at a constant speed through a vertical loop. What is the direction of the force that causes the coaster and it's passengers to move in a circle? What provides this force?

What produces an electromagnetic wave? A) An oscillating or accelerating electric charge B) An electric charge moving at constant velocity C) A static electric charge D) A magnetic monopole moving at constant velocity

A physics book has a height of 25.8 cm, a width of 20.2 cm, and a thickness of 2.90 cm. (a) What is the density of the physics book if it weighs 20 N? kg/m³ (b) Find the pressure that the physics book exerts on a desktop when the book lies face up.

A 24 volt battery is connected to a 3Ω resistor and a 5Ω resistor in series. What is the current in the circuit?

Two technicians are discussing a problem where the brake pedal travels too far before the vehicle starts to slow. Technician A says that the brakes may be out of adjustment.

What are three types of muscle fibers? A.) smooth, intermediate-twitch, cardiac B.) slow twitch, intermediate twitch, fast twitch C.) smooth, cardiac, skeletal D.) slow twitch, fast twitch, involuntary