Un-Answered Questions { General Physics }

This perceived force, that seems to want to throw a person off a merry-go-round, is often regarded by physicists as a fictitious force:

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When thomas edison was promoting the wide use of direct current, this personal enemy of edisons was the chief proponent and expert in alternating current?

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Difference between intrinsic and extrinsic semiconductors?

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Physicists most commonly call a mass moving in a straight line path as having:

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What is centrifugal force?

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Why does heat cause matter to expand?

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Why does a glass filled with water shatter when you run your finger along the rim of the glass?

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A coil of wire that produces a magnetic field is typically called a

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What is moment of inertia?

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What does the mev in mev photon mean?

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By primarily using what simple machine did galileo come to the conclusion on the existence of friction?

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What is the dramatic increase in amplitude called when the frequency of forced vibrations on a body matches the bodys natural vibration frequency?

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When a person whirls a rock on the end of a string and maintains it in uniform circular motion, the force exerted on the rock is most accurately referred to as?

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The throbbing caused by sounds of slightly different frequencies that results because of periodic constructive and destructive interference is called:

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If a dog rolled around on a carpet and gets statically and a flea jumps on it will the flea get electrocuted?

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