Gravitation …………………. 61 3. Direct Current ………………….. 71 4. Electrostatics …………………. 90 5. Simple Harmonic Motion ……. 116 6. Waves ………………………… 128 7. Magnetism …………………. 156 8. Electromagnetic Induction …… 162 9. Atomic Physics …………. 184 10. Answers …………. 194 MECHANICS KINEMATICS of LINEAR MOTION Uncertainties of Measurement Power of Ten | Prefix | Abbreviation | 10-18 | atto | a | 10-15 | femto | f | 10-12 | pico
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Heraclitus‚ like many of the beginning philosophers was a monist. His interpretation of the one reality was fire; however‚ this is not to be taken literally. Heraclitus believed that the “one” could not be any material thing‚ but could be found in the orderliness of change and he explained fire as “always changing yet somehow is always the same.” By having orderliness‚ there is possibility for the human mind to understand the cosmos instead of it being chaotic and based on the gods’ wills. He believed
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INTRODUCTION: Space‚ Time and motion were three interrelated concepts which have been very difficult by the philosophers to arrive at a proper understanding since the ancient times. By there has been consensus that a proper understanding of motion would lend a hand in addressing the questions on the nature of the other two concepts namely space and time. Depending on the nature of approach to the problem of space and time‚ the philosophers mainly addressed three key concerns. They are as follows:
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If the Earth actually spun on an axis (as required in a heliocentric system to explain the diurnal motion of the sky)‚ why didn’t objects fly off the spinning Earth? 2. If the Earth was in motion around the sun‚ why didn’t it leave behind the birds flying in the air? 3. If the Earth were actually on an orbit around the sun‚ why wasn’t a parallax effect observed? That is‚ as illustrated in the adjacent
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to human performance (Shooting Techniques Biomechanics‚ 2007). However psychology is the study of the mind and behaviour. Some biomechanics principles that are related to archery include balance‚ first class levers‚ newtons first law of motion and the projectile/height of the release of the arrow. Static balance refers to balance in the situation in which a set position must be maintained for a period of time‚ as in target sports like archery ad shooting; here the maintenance of a balanced and stable
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Matthew Mannetta Simple Harmonic Motion Lab Report Introduction Simple harmonic motion is the motion of a mass on a spring when it is subject to the linear elastic restoring force given by Hooke’s Law. In this lab‚ we will observe simple harmonic motion by studying masses on springs. In the first part of this lab‚ you will determine the period‚ T‚ of the spring by observing one sliding mass that is attached to two springs with the spring constant k‚ and attached to a hanging mass by a string
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direction at an angle to the axis of spin (Magnus Effect/Physics). “The ball is like a rock in a fast flowing river — the water splits around the rock‚ then swirls to fill in behind the rock‚ causing turbulence” (Bend It Like Magnus). Turbulence is the motion of air‚ caused by changes in air current (Turbulence: Everything You Need To
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ACTIVITY: THE CAT’S MEOW / MILK CO-MOTION PURPOSE: To observe the interaction of detergent with the fat of the milk and food color 1. Provide a possible explanation of phenomenon you observed based on the result of your experiment. When food color is added to milk‚ it floats because it is less dense than milk. The non-polar fat in the milk prevents the food color from spreading‚ as it cannot participate in hydrogen bonding with water. When detergent is added to milk and the food color‚ the
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How Sugar Affects the Body in Motion By GRETCHEN REYNOLDS Gary John Norman/Getty Images Sugar is getting a bad reputation. A cover article in The New York Times Magazine several weeks ago persuasively reported that our national overindulgence in fructose and other sugars is driving the epidemics of obesity‚ diabetes and other illnesses. But that much-discussed article‚ by the writer Gary Taubes‚ focused on how sugars like fructose affect the body in general. It had little opportunity to examine
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by the public and entertaining to make it a popular hit at the box office. Using a sample of 100 motion pictures from 2005 and numerical methods of descriptive statistics‚ including measures of location‚ variability‚ distribution shape and the detection of outliers‚ the motion picture industry can be analyzed more specifically in order to learn how these variables play a part in the success of a motion picture. The main concern of management in this case would be with regard to revenue‚ profit‚ and
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