In what sense is the earth a closed system? A) Earth’s atmosphere prevents the transfer of energy or matter between Earth and space.
B) Earth’s atmosphere prevents the transfer of matter, but allows the transfer of energy between Earth and space.
C) Earth’s atmosphere absorbs all of the Sun’s energy, but allows only a part of it to reach the surface of Earth.
D) Earth’s atmosphere traps all of the Sun’s energy, thereby providing all living organisms the energy required to survive.

15. give an example for some particles or waves that are moving faster than light in everyday life 16. what is a laser? 17. what is an oscilloscope? 18. what does it means practically that nothing is faster than light in vacuum? 19. what is vacuum?

Why is the energy that results from a roller coaster's position at the top of a hill referred to as potential energy?

Astudent throws a water balloon with speed v0 from a height h = 1.76 m at an angle θ = 21° above the horizontal toward a target on the ground. the target is located a horizontal distance d = 9.5 m from the student’s feet. assume that the balloon moves without air resistance. use a cartesian coordinate system with the origin at the balloon's initial position. (a) what is the position vector, rtarge t, that originates from the balloon's original position and terminates at the target? put this in terms of h and d, and represent it as a vector using i and j. (b) in terms of the variables in the problem, determine the time, t, after the launch it takes the balloon to reach the target. your answer should not include h. (c) create an expression for the balloon's vertical position as a function of time, y(t), in terms of t, vo, g, and θ. (d) determine the magnitude of the balloon's initial velocity, v0, in meters per second, by eliminating t from the previous two expressions.