Describe mechanical energy in your own words

The earth is constantly spinning on its axis, like you might spin a basketball on your finger. it is this spinning of the earth that causes

You are standing on a boat. which of the following strategies will make the boat start moving? a. pushing the mast b. throwing some cargo out of the boat c. pushing the front ofthe boat d. pushing another passenger

An astronaut floating in space is trying to use her jetpack to get back to her space station, but she is being pulled away by a nearby planet, as shown in the image below. her jetpack provides a constant thrust of 310 n. if she angles her jetpack in such a way that it cancels out the vertical force due to the planet's gravity, what is her net horizontal force? thaud 487 o a. 54.8 n toward the space station o b. 212.9 n toward the space station o c. 185.2 n toward the space station o d 956 n toward the space station