A polar bear starts at the North Pole. It travels 1 km South, then 1 km East, then 1 km North to return to its starting point. This trip takes 0.5 h.
What was the bear's average velocity?
Answer in units of km/h.

Agardener uses a wheelbarrow to move soil from a truck to his garden. on the first trip from the truck to the garden, the wheelbarrow is half-full of soil and the gardener applies a certain force to cause it to accelerate. on the second trip, the wheelbarrow is full of soil. although the gardener applies the same amount of force to the wheelbarrow, he cannot move it with the same rate of acceleration. what should the gardener do to move the wheelbarrow at the same rate of acceleration for the second trip?

Moon effect. some people believe that the moon controls their activities. if the moon moves from being directly on the opposite side of earth from you to being directly overhead, by what percentage does (a) the moon's gravitational pull on you increase and (b) your weight (as measured on a scale) decrease? assume that the earth–moon (center-to-center) distance is 3.82 × 10^8 m, earth's radius is 6.37 × 10^6 m, moon's mass is 7.36 × 10^22 kg, and earth's mass is 5.98 × 10^24 kg.

What is the role of lenses in microscopy?