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Solve the following questions using what you know about projectile motion. A roadrunner runs directly off a cliff with an initial velocity of 3.5 m/s. What are the components of this velocity? Vx = 3.5 m/s Vy = 0 m/s What will be the horizontal velocity 2 seconds after the bird leaves the cliff? 3.5…
SOURCE ADVANTAGES DISADVANTAGES HYDROELECTRICITY Produce inexpensive electricity Disrupt natural river flow Reservoirs used for flood control, irrigation, drinking water, and recreation Slow down river flow that can kill fish and other animals that depend on a steady flow Renewable energy source Alter water quality Increases reliability of energy sources Significant obstacle to fish and…
An object is projected horizontally at 8.0 m/s from the top of a 122.5 m cliff. How far from the base of the cliff will the object strike the ground? An arrow is shot at 30.0° angle with the horizontal. It has a velocity of 49 m/s. a) How high will it go? b) What…
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____ taught that the way to rule people and the empire is to “collect for them what they like, and to not lay on them what they dislike.” Mencius The teachings of Confucius are found in the Analects Li applied to people will yield Yi The “Doctrine of Mean” is a part of the Four Books.…
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What has been the importance of Zoroastrianism on Judaism? Zoroastrianism is the oldest monotheistic religion in the world. All other single-deity religions (such as Christianity, Judaism, and Islam) all have roots that stem from Zoroastrianism. One concept that all 3 of those stem-religions have in common with Z.A. is that they believe that good and…
Greek God Relationship Role Attribute Roman Counterpart Zeus husband and brother of Hera King and father of gods, sky. Thunderbolt, eagle. Jupiter Hera wife and sister of Zeus Queen and mother of gods; women, marriage, maternity. veil, cuckoo, pomegranate, peacock Juno Athena Daughter of Zeus, but not of Hera. Sprung from the head of Zeus…
Assets: Property owned by a person. Balanced budget: A budget in which the income and expense sides must equal each other. Balance sheet: A statement of both sides of a set of accounts in which the debit and credit balances add up as equal. Budget: A plan for saving and spending money based on your…
Introduction The principal component of vinegar is acetic acid- HC2H3O2, and also a little bit of water. While analyzing vinegar and the percent composition of acetic acid in it, an acid/base reaction was performed by adding NaOH, a base, to vinegar, the acid. NaOH was added in small amounts at a time to a beaker…
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Louis Riel was born on October 22, 1844 in Saint-Boniface to his parents, Louis Riel Sr. and Julie Lagimodiere. He was the oldest out of the eleven children. His father was of Franco-Ojibwa Metis decent and his mother was one of the early white settlers. The family spent a fair amount of their time at…
This piece is a funeral oratory, a speech written to honor fallen Athenian heroes at the end of the first year of the Peloponnesian War. At such a time of high emotions and patriotism – Pericles has not one theme but several. The first theme, fitting in that the speech was given at a funeral…
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WARNING: The purpose of cheat sheets are to act as a study aid. By making your own cheat sheet, it will aid in both memorization and integration of key concepts. Simply copying this cheat sheet will likely not be of much use during a test. Please take the time to write out your own cheat…
Introduction: An acid-base titration is a procedure that can be conducted to determine the concentration of an unknown acid or base. In an acid-base titration, a certain amount of a titrand with a known concentration is added to completely neutralize the titrand— the unknown concentration, reaching the equivalence point. The equivalence point is reached when…
Introduction: Iodination of Acetone Lab Report Kinetics in chemistry deals with the rate at which a chemical reaction occurs. This rate, which is referred to as the reaction rate, is defined as the change in concentration of a reactant or product with time and is measured in M/s. The rate of a reaction is proportional…