explain why when someone uses his thumb to push a pin into a block of wood the pressure on the wood is greater than the pressure on this thumb

When you drop a stone into a pool water waves spread out from where the stone landed. why answers?

Which steps are important when designing and conducting a scientific experiment

Name the processes of going (a) from a solid to a gas and (b) from a gas to a solid.

Ursa Minor contains the pole star, Polaris, and the asterism known as the Little Dipper. From most locations in the Northern Hemisphere, all of the stars in Ursa Minor are circumpolar.

What is meant by "elastic collisions?

the half-life of carbon - 14 is 5730 years. What fraction of carbon-14 would remain after 11,460 years?

An object with a mass of 10.9 kg experiences a force of 18.53 N. What is the acceleration of the object? A. 2.2 m/s2 B. 1.7 m/s2 C. 16.83 m/s2 D. 1.3 m/s2

A proton, starting from rest, accelerates through a potential difference of 1.0 kV and then moves into a magnetic field of 0.040 T at a right angle to the field. What is the radius of the proton's resulting orbit

Which of the following terms are needed to completely describe speed? Check all that apply. A. Units B. Direction C. Number D. Mass

Drivers are able to see objects ahead of them because light travels through windshields.