What is the definition of fission?

When a pitcher throws a curve ball, the ball is given a fairly rapid spin?

A horizontal rope is tied to a 57.0 kg kg box on frictionless ice. What is the tension in the rope if: You may want to review (Pages 135 - 137). Part A The box is at rest? Express your answer as an integer and include the appropriate units.

An iron anchor of density 7890.00 kg/m3 appears 299 N lighter in water than in air. (a) What is the volume of the anchor? (b) How much does it weigh in air?

A 3.00-kilogram mass is thrown vertically upward with an initial speed of 9.80 meters per second. What is the maximum height this object will reach? [Neglect friction.] (1) 1.00 m (3) 9.80 m (2) 4.90 m (4) 19.6 m

A spring has been compressed inside a toy what kind of energy is this

A hiker leaves her camp and walks 3.5 km in a direction of 55° south of west to the lake. after a short rest at the lake, she hikes 2.7 km in a direction of 16° east of south to the scenic overlook.

A star has a mass of 1.36 x 1030 kg and is moving in a circular orbit about the center of its galaxy. the radius of the orbit is 2.1 x 104 light-years (1 light-year = 9.5 x 1015 m), and the angular speed of the star is 1.1 x 10-15 rad/s.

Floating in deep space, you find yourself at rest next to a small asteroid. You reach out and tap the asteroid with a hammer. What happens to you in this process?

You walk forward at 1.5 m/s for 8s. Your friend decides to walk faster and starts out at 2.0 m/s for the first 4 s. Then she slows down and walks forward at 1.0 m/s for the next 4s. Make a distance-time graph of your motion and your friend's motion.

If the coolant in a refrigerator was not compressed back into a liquid after it flowed through the refrigerator what would happen