Which of the following demonstrates a compression?

a. plucking a guitar string

b. pulling a wagon

c. squeezing a sponge

d. dropping an apple

A truck traveling at 80 mph runs into a bridge abutment and crumples for 0.8 m before coming to a full stop.

An apparatus similar to the one used in lab uses an oscillating motor at one end to vibrate a long rope with frequency f = 40 Hz and amplitude A = 0.25 m. The rope is held at constant tension by hanging a mass on the other end.

Scuba divers are warned that if they must make a rapid ascent, they should exhale on the way up. If a diver rapidly ascends to the surface with lungs full of air, his lungs could be damaged. Explain why this is so.

If two stars are the same size and one is twice the temperature of the other, how much more luminous is the hotter one? quizlit

Why do biologists use classification?

A flash of white light containing all the colors of the visible spectrum in air shines straight down on the surface of a pool.

A car accelerates uniformly from 0 to 15m/s in 5 s. Calculate acceleration.

Which device would a sleep researcher use to monitor a sleeping person's brain waves?

An experiment is performed to obtain the value of a physical property. If the true (i. e., correct) value of the property is 50 and the measured (i. e., experimental) value is 32, the percent error of the experimental result is:

White moths were found in huge numbers in the city of Birmingham. These moths could be easily camouflaged by the trees. Because of sudden industrial development, the trees in the city were covered with soot.