Why would waves from the sun not reach earth if they were mechanical waves? include in your answer what is required for the movement of mechanical waves.

Calculate the kinetic energy of earth due to its spinning about its axis. krot = j compare your answer with the kinetic energy of the orbital motion of earth's center of mass about the sun. assume earth to be a homogeneous sphere of mass 6.00 1024 kg and radius 6.40 106 m. the radius of earth's orbit is 1.50 1011 m.

You are given a vector a = 125i and an unknown vector b that is perpendicular to a. the cross-product of these two vectors is a × b = 98k. what is the y-component of vector b?

Calculate the numbers of photons having a wavelength of 10.0 mm required to produce 1.0 kj of energycalculate the numbers of photons having a wavelength of 10.0 mm required to produce 1.0 kj of energy