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What is a convection current?

A convection current is the way that heat is transferred throughout a fluid. By fluid, we mean a liquid or a gas, where the molecules are free to move. Imagine a cup of water being heated from the bottom....

Answered by Luke C. Physics tutor
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What is meant by the doppler effect?

The doppler effect is the change in frequency and wavelength of waves coming from a wave source moving relative to you. If a wavesource is stationary then the waves in all directions all have the same fre...

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How do I derive equations for Time of Flight and Range in Parabolic Motion?

A ball is thrown with a certain launch angle (theta) above the horizontal with a certain velocity v. Let us assume that the gravitational acceleration g is constant over the flight, the ball has no...

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A skydiver is at a height of 10,000 m. Assuming no air resistance, how fast is the skydiver travelling at 9,990 m above the ground?

The skydiver has potential energy at the top of his/her jump, which is transferred to kinetic energy when he/she jumps. The difference in height between the start of the jump and the point at which his/he...

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What is the threshold frequency of a photon to excite and then emit photoelectrons from a material?

Use the photoelectric effect equation which shows conservation of energy between photons, electrons and the material that the electron is being freed from, hf = phi + KEmax . Definin...

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