During its final days as a red giant, the Sun will reach a peak luminosity of about 3000LSun. Earth will therefore absorb about 3000 times as much solar energy as it does now, and it will need to radiate 3000 times as much thermal energy to keep its surface temperature in balance. Estimate the temperature Earth’s surface will need to attain in order to radiate that much thermal energy.

How is coal extracted from mountaintop removal mines? a. dynamite is used to create underground tunnels where miners go to extract the coal. b. dynamite is used to break apart rocks and then draglines are used to remove the broken rock and reach the coal. c. coal in mountaintops is extracted by digging strips in the landscape to reach the coal. d. placer deposits in mountain river bottoms are removed by

In a heat engine if 1000 j of heat enters the system the piston does 500 j of work, what is the final internal energy of the system if the initial energy was 2000 j? 1. write the equation 2.list out your known variables 3.plug the numbers into the equations 4.solve 5.write your solution statement that includes initial energy and final

Question 1 (5 pts): what is the maximum distance for which you can you resolve the two individual headlights of an on-coming truck as two separate lights rather than one if the headlights are separated by 2.00 m and your eye has a diameter of 1.00 centimeter? assume a wavelength of 500 nm.