According to the photoelectric effect, ultraviolet light will strip electrons away from a zinc plate. However, no amount or brightness of visible light will do this.

At a cruise ship terminal, each day on average 1000 passengers embark on ships. On average, passengers spend 5 days on their cruise before returning to this terminal.

Which of the following can you calculate when you know the values for work and time? A.) power B.) mass C.) distance D.) force

Which is the phase change in which a substance changes from a gas to liquid?

A 750 Watt hairdryer is used for 15 minutes. Calculate the Kwhr used.

A 50 g ball of clay traveling at speed v0 hits and sticks to a 1.0 kg block sitting at rest on a frictionless surface. part a what is the speed of the block after the collision?

A block of mass 1.3 kg is resting at the base of a frictionless ramp. A bullet of mass 50 g is traveling parallel to the ramp surface at 250 m/s. It collides with the block, enters it, and exits the other side at 100 m/s.

Metals are good thermal conductors - that is, when there is a temperature difference across their ends, they transfer energy very efficiently from the higher temperature end to the lower temperature end.

Some stars are so far away that their light hasn't reached Earth yet. A million years in the future, will the sources of light we see when we look up at night be the same? Why or Why not?

A sound wave travels through water. What best describes the direction of the water particles?

After heavy rains, the floodplain of a river can deposit sediment. The newly deposited soil is nutrient rich and would be good A. to use in a construction area. B. for growing vegetation and crops. C. for holding objects in the ground. D.