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What causes a meteor shower?

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Answer: Meteor showers occur when the earth in its orbit around the Sun passes through debris left over from the destruction of comets.

Explanation:A meteor is a particle broken off an asteroid or comet orbiting the Sun, it burns up as it enters the Earth's atmosphere, creating the effect called shooting star. Cosmic debris of meteor is known as meteoroids. These meteoroids, entering Earth's atmosphere, at extremely high speeds on parallel trajectories is an event known as meteor shower.

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An electromagnetic wave is traveling straight down toward the center of the Earth. At a certain moment in time the electric fiel

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Answer:

North

Explanation:

In an electromagnetic wave, the direction of the wave, the direction of the electric field and the direction of the magnetic field are all perpendicular to each other.

Therefore, we can find the direction of the magnetic field by using the right hand rule. We have:

- Index finger: direction of motion of the wave --> toward the center of Earth

- middle finger: direction of the electric field --> west

- thumb: direction of the magnetic field --> north

So, the magnetic field points north.

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A 15-lb block B starts from rest and slides on the 25-lb wedge A, which is supported by a horizontal surface. Neglecting frictio

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The angle of the wedge is 30°.

Answer:

5.88 ft/s

Explanation:

a) The block will slide down due to it's weight.

initial velocity u= 0

final velocity, v

acceleration, a = g sin 30° = 32 ft/s²× sin 30° = 16 ft/s²

Sliding displacement, s = 3ft

Use third equation of motion:

$v^2-u^2 = 2as$

substitute the values and solve for v

$v^2-0 = 2\times 16 \times 3 =96 ft^2/s^2\\v = 9.8 ft/s$

b) Use conservation of momentum:

Initial momentum of the system = 0

final momentum = (15) ( 9.8)+ (25)(v')

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Seven seconds after a brilliant flash of lightning, thunder shakes the house. How far was the lightning strike from the house? S

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Answer:

About two kilometers away

$\rm distance=2.401\ km$

Explanation:

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The time gap between the light and sound to travel to the house, $t=7\ s$

Since the clouds are formed in the troposphere region of the atmosphere which extends from 8 kilometers to 12 kilometers above the earth-surface and the velocity of light is 300000 kilometers per second so it is visible almost instantly, hence we neglect the time taken by the light to travel to the house from the clouds.

∴Distance between the lightning-strike and the house:

$\rm distance=v\times t$

we have the speed of sound as: $v=343\ m.s^{-1}$

So,

$\rm distance=343\times 7$

$\rm distance=2401\ m$

$\rm distance=2.401\ km$

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Which best describes the relationship between the direction of energy and wave motion in a transverse wave?

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I think the correct answer from the choices listed above is the second option. The relationship between the direction of energy and wave motion in a transverse wave would be the energy direction is perpendicular to the motion of the wave. Hope this answers the question. Have a nice day.

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