A 55.0-kg skydiver free falls for a period of time before opening his parachute. What is his kinetic energy when he reaches a velocity of 16.0 meters/second?

7,040 J

440 J

539 J

cannot be determined without knowing his height above the ground

The human male gamete is called a sperm cell and is produced in the a. ovaries. b. spleen. c. liver. d. testes.

Which statement about an electromagnet is true? A. It doesn't function without a source of current. B. The core is made from a nonmagnetic material. C. It uses moving magnets to create an electric field. D.

Anything you can determine using your senses

An AC generator has 80 rectangular loops on its armature. Each loop is 12 cm long and 8 cm wide. The armature rotates at 1200 rpm about an axis parallel to the long side. If the loop rotates in a uniform magnetic field of 0.

The Chemical make-up of Earth's atmosphere during the cretaceous period

The first law of thermodynamics states that ΔE = Q - W. Is this also a statement of the principle of conservation of energy? Yes, the heat added and the change in internal energy of the gas equal the work done by the piston.

How can we calculate the density of a sustance that has irregular volume

A two stage rocket leaves its launch pad moving vertically with an average acceleration of 4 m/s2. at 10 s after launch the first stage of the rocket (now without fuel) is released.

A liquid filled sealed system has cylinders with movable pistons on each end. The face of one piston has an area of 5 cm². The other piston has an area of 500 cm² and is supporting a weight of 2 kN on it.

A turntable is spinning on a frictionless axle when a ball of putty is dropped onto it from above. The putty sticks to the turntable when it lands. Is angular momentum conserved for the turntable and putty (the system) during this process?