A basketball player is running at 5.00 m/s directly toward the basket when he jumps into the air to dunk the ball. He maintains his horizontal velocity. What vertical velocity does he need to rise 0.750 m above the floor?

Why would an insurance company want people to avoid risk, like Nick Cannon having to avoid skydiving?

The speed of a wave depends upon: A. The wavelength of the wave B. The amplitude of the wave C. None of the above D. The property of the medium through which the wave is traveling

The Titanic was found in 1985 lying on the bottom of the North Atlantic at a depth of 2.5 miles. What is the pressure at this depth?

Nova, whose mass is 50kg drops 2 K, what is the amount of heat lost from Nova's body? (specific heat of the human body is 3470 J/kg K)

Methane can have many isomers.

You're going camping and are thinking of carrying 3 gallons of water. How much does the water weigh, in units of pounds?

A student is performing a double-slit experiment to determine the wavelength of a light source. She has measured the distance between dark bands and the distance between the slits and the screen.

If a substance cannot be broken down chemically into smaller substances it is A) An element B) a compound C) an atom D) a molecule

Describe the general characteristics of the nearest stars. (Size, luminosity, color, etc., do not include specific stars)

A small object placed in the gravitational field of a more massive object will a. accelerate toward the more massive object. b. accelerate away from the more massive object. c. move toward the more massive object at a constant speed. d.