The process of charging a conductor by bringing it near another charged object and then grounding the conductor is called

a. contact charging.

c. polarization

b. induction.

d. neutralization.

A 66.5-kg hiker starts at an elevation of 1270 m and climbs to the top of a peak 2660 m high. (a) What is the hiker? s change in potential energy? (b) What is the minimum work required of the hiker? (c) Can the actual work done be greater than this?

The power exerted by a muscle is the product of the force exerted and the velocity of contraction. The area of which of these shaded regions represents the power exerted while a weight is lifted at maximum speed?

The thermal energy in a heat engine is used to move a piston. Which best describes why this is possible? A. The increase in thermal energy results in an increase in pressure B. The decrease in thermal energy results in an increase in pressure. C.

The vector quantity that defines the distance and direction between two positions. It is a change in your position.

Matt and Anna Killian are frequent fliers on Fast-n-Go Airlines. They often fly between two cities that are a distance of 1575 miles apart. On one particular trip, they flew into the wind and the trip took 4.5 hours.

A baseball has mass 0.145 kg. (a) If the velocity of a pitched ball has a magnitude of and the batted ball's velocity is in the opposite direction, find the magnitude of the change in momentum of the ball and of the impulse applied to it by the bat.

A long distance runner has an average speed of 4m/s during a race. How far does the runner travel in 20 minutes?

Density is calculated by dividing

The one island species evolved into three different species. This is called?

Find the components of vector M shown in figure 5-7