Two identical beakers with the same volume of water are placed on each pan of a double-pan balance. a steel ball is suspended from a string and submerged in the water of one of the containers. a hollow plastic ball of the same volume is submerged in the water of the other container and fastened to the bottom of the beaker by a string. will the balance move, and if so in which direction?

Aperson touches a large chunk of ice with their hand and remarks, “this is making me cold.” explain what this person is feeling. is the ice transferring “cold” to the person? is there a heat transfer occurring? explain.

Is a volume of space that is empty of matter.

Geologists get to play with chemistry, physics, and history! and what a history you will meet as youwork your way through the course. starting at the beginning, the textbook provides the scientifically acceptedstart of the and promises that you'll get to explore some of the evidence for that scientific view, later inthe semester. meanwhile, which is more nearly correct of the scientifically accepted view? a) the earth formed when the big bang caused older materials to fall together, about 14 billion years ago. b) the earth formed from the falling together of older materials, about 4.6 billion years ago. c) the earth formed in the big bang, about 6000 years ago. d) the earth is eternal, having been here forever and promising to be here forever. e) the earth was assembled by gigantic space beavers, which gnawed down the primordial tree of life andpiled its branches together to form the planet.