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Explain the difference between energy and power.

Power is the rate at which energy is transferred. For example, a typical kettle may use 1.2 kiloWatts (kW) for about 2 minutes to boil water. This means that the kettle uses 1200 Joules of energy per seco...

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If an object of mass 6kg was dropped from a height 35m (initially at rest), how long would it take to reach the ground under free fall?

Free fall == only gravity actingUse one of the SUVAT equations: s = ut + 0.5at²s=35m, u=0 (starts at rest), a=g=9.81ms^-2 (gravitational constant), t=?Through rearranging: t=(2s/a)

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Can you explain the difference between a real and a virtual image?

The ways in which these two things are experienced in real life is very different - you see a virtual image when you look through a lens or at a mirror, because light is coming at you as if it were coming...

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What led to the Plum Pudding model being replaced by Rutherford's nuclear model of the atom? (6 marks)

The Plum Pudding model states that charge and mass is spread throughout the atom. An idea that electrons are spread within a mass of positive charge.Rutherford carried out an experiment where he fired hig...

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A baseball player strikes a ball with an initial velocity of 43ms^-1 at an angle of 32° to the horizontal. How far does the ball travel horizontally in 4 seconds?

Since the Initial velocity has a direction that is 32° to the horizontal we can split the velocity into it's components. The horizontal component of the velocity is v_x = 43cos(32) (m/s). Since ...

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