Category: Physics

What are three types of models? Contemporary scientific practice employs at least three major categories of models: concrete models, mathematical models, and computational models. What is simple model? A Simple Model exists to make the skill set required to build financial models more accessible. The intention is to create simple material and facilitate the learning […]

What is the maximum potential energy of the spring? When the kinetic energy is maximum, the potential energy is zero. This occurs when the velocity is maximum and the mass is at the equilibrium position. The potential energy is maximum when the speed is zero. What is the potential energy of a spring derive it? […]

What does it mean if a girl says Nevermind? “Never mind.” means “I don’t really know how to explain this in a way you’ll understand.” “Nothing.” means “Something, but I’m going to test you to see how you react.” “So, who is she?” means “Okay, I’m trying really hard to not sound jealous, but I’m […]

Is it safe to swim to a sandbar? The trough can be a gentle swim, but the sandbars around it can also shift to create the rip currents — channeled rushes of water pulling away from shore — that have caused so many drownings and near drownings over the years. “You are always going to […]

What is the 5 step design process? The five stages of Design Thinking, according to d. school, are as follows: Empathise, Define (the problem), Ideate, Prototype, and Test. Let’s take a closer look at the five different stages of Design Thinking. What is the difference between scientific investigation and technological design? Scientific inquiry is used […]

How do you determine instantaneous speed? Instantaneous speed is found by taking the absolute value of instantaneous velocity, and it is always positive. Average speed is total distance traveled divided by elapsed time. The slope of a position-versus-time graph at a specific time gives instantaneous velocity at that time. What does instantaneous rest mean? It […]

What is the relationship between the earth and the moon? The Moon is smaller than the Earth and orbits around the Earth in 27.3 days as the Earth revolves around the Sun. The Moon is held in orbit around the Earth by the force of gravity. In turn the Earth and all the other planets […]

What is the very first step in the proton-proton cycle? The first step in this process is the collision of two protons where proximity permits the strong nuclear force to bind them together. The resulting combination is not stable, and one of the protons will decay to become a neutron, and this forms a stable […]

What is the smallest unbreakable unit of a compound? molecule What are the similarities and differences of the two compounds? A compound contains atoms of different elements chemically combined together in a fixed ratio. An element is a pure chemical substance made of same type of atom. Compounds contain different elements in a fixed ratio […]

Why light shines off of a mirror? A mirror is a surface that reflects light more perfectly than ordinary objects. Most objects reflect light at varying angles. This is more accurately called refraction, because the rays of light bend when they hit the object and move off in varying directions. This allows us to see […]