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    is compounding! False Total 5.00 / 5.00 Question Explanation All about compounding! Question 3 (5 points) Shawn wants to buy a new telescope. He estimates that it will take him one year to save the money and that the telescope will cost $200. At an interest rate of 6%‚ how much does Shawn need to set aside today to purchase the telescope in one year? (Enter just the number without the $ sign or a comma) Answer for Question 3 You entered: Your Answer Score Explanation 189 ✔

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    LIFE CYCLE OF A STAR Stars are formed in nebulae‚ interstellar clouds of dust and gas (mostly hydrogen). These stellar nurseries are abundant in the arms of spiral galaxies. In these stellar nurseries‚ dense parts of these clouds undergo gravitational collapse and compress to form a rotating gas globule. The globule is cooled by emitting radio waves and infrared radiation. It is compressed by gravitational forces and also by shock waves of pressure from supernova or the hot gas released

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    Heinemann Physics Content and Contexts Units 3A and 3B Worked solutions Unit 3B Contents The sounds of music The search for understanding Chapter 5 Wave properties and light 5.1 Wave properties 5.2 Wave behaviour 5.3 Wave interactions 5.4 Electromagnetic radiation 5.5 Electromagnetic radiation and matter 5.6 X-rays Chapter 5 Review 2 6 15 15 15 17 19 22 25 27 Chapter 6 Matter‚ relativity and astronomy 6.1 Extending our model of matter 6.2 Einstein’s special theory of relativity 6.3

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    Amrita VISHWA VIDYAPEETHAM (University established u/s 3 of UGC Act 1956) Amrita Entrance Examination – Engineering PHYSICS‚ CHEMISTRY & MATHEMATICS Question booklet Version Code Question booklet no. Number of pages Number of questions Time 120 : 3 hrs Max. Marks : 360 Registration number Name of the candidate Signature of the candidate INSTRUCTIONS TO THE CANDIDATES GENERAL 1. Any malpractice or attempt to commit malpractice in the examination hall will lead

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    Solar Panels

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    ‘Solar panels’‚ as they are usually called‚ are now quite a common sight here on Earth‚ but they were first used in space in 1958 to power the ‘Vanguard’ satellite. Principles of solar satellites In photovoltaic cells‚ such as the Hubble Space Telescope silicon solar cell shown here‚ the basic materials‚ the doping and the shape of the junction are chosen in such a way as to increase their capability of transforming the light energy into electrical energy. Each cell is capable of producing a small

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    the observatory room. I speculated around and try to hold my intellectually excitement from being baffled by the astronomical instrument to which the 24.5in telescope was center in the middle of the room. Reminiscing back to when I was walking home at night‚ I remember of seeing an unusual star unlike any other. I slid over to the telescope and embark to look at the constellations but I notice that one of the stars west of Orion’s Belt started to slowly moves towards our planet. As I started to zoom

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    and even average people have wondered if there is such thing as life on other planets. Many dedicate all of their time to researching extraterrestrial life. Some believe researching something we have no proof of is a waste of time. Modern day telescopes have detected Earth-sized planets orbiting nearby stars. An ancient Martian rock shows signs of life‚ and scientists wonder if Jupiter’s moon Europa contains life in its oceans. The idea that there is even a tiny hint of life that we share the universe

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    black holes...and supermassive black holes‚ equivalent to millions of stars in mass and located in the centers of galaxies." (Cosmic 132) The "primordial" black holes have only been theorized; created by the big bang. (Cosmic 110) The Hubble space telescope‚ on the other hand‚ has photographed supermassive black holes. Our own galaxy‚ the Milky Way‚ has a black hole in its center‚ having

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    Comparisons: Novel to Movie After reading A Walk to Remember and then watching the movie you realize how completely different they are. Some of the times that I teared up or cried in the book are different that the movie. I think that after you watch the movie it gives you a better appreciation of the book because it is more touching than the movie. The main point where I felt that the book was more touching was when Jamie gives Landon her mother’s bible. She carried it where ever she went

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    Chapter 1 1.1 Earth Science & the Earth System -Earth science is the study of Earth and the processes that shape it -The earth system is composed of four principal components: atmosphere (air‚ weather)‚ hydrosphere (water‚ ice)‚ biosphere (plants‚ animals)‚ and geosphere (land‚ rocks). - Earth science can be broadly defined as the investigation of interactions among the four parts of the earth system. - The second largest earthquake ever recorded buckled the seafloor west of Sumatra‚ Indonesia

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