The cat righting reflex is a cat's innate ability to orient itself as it falls in order to land on its feet. The righting reflex begins to appear at 3–4 weeks of age, and is perfected at 7 weeks. The minimum height required for this to occur in most cats would be around 30 cm. You are part of an engineering team trying to reproduce this in a mechanical cat. Your prototype, aptly named Katt, when dropped motionless, upside down from 2.5 m, can right itself before it hits the ground by rotating its "tail". Katt’s body is a solid cylinder 30 cm in length and 15 cm in diameter, with a mass of 3.0 kg. Attached to the center of one end of the body is Katt's tail, a 20-cm long rod which extends out perpendicular to Katt's body and has only 10% the mass of the body. The tail will rotate due to a small electric motor in the body that produces a constant torque. In order to order the piece, determine the angular speeds it will need to deal with.

During physical science, ms. greene challenged her students to produce an energy transformation. james and jill wrapped a 4-inch nail with a coil of fifty turns of wire. they connected one end of the coil to one terminal of a knife switch. they connected the other terminal of the knife switch to the battery. finally, they connected the end of the coil to the other terminal of the battery. james held the tip of a 1-inch nail near the flat end of the 4-inch nail. jill closed the knife switch quickly and then opened it. the 1-inch nail was pulled toward the 4-inch nail. what is the best explanation of why the nail moved? a) electrical energy was converted to mechanical energy in the 1-inch nail. b) the 4-inch nail became an electromagnet and the magnetic force attracted the 1-inch nail. c) the electric current in the 4-inch nail was converted to mechanical energy in the 1-inch nail. d) the 4-inch nail had a positive charge and the 1-inch nail had a negative charge. opposites attracted.

Mutt and jeff are running along a path each pushing a cart loaded with rocks. if mutt's wagon has a mass two times greater than jeff's and they want to stay together, arriving at their destination at the same time, what must happen? a) jeff should slow down so mutt can catch up. b) mutt must use half as much force to push his cart. c) mutt must use twice as much force to push his cart. d) mutt and jeff will use the same force, but mutt will take bigger steps.

If an astronaut takes an object to the moon the following is true (choose only one). a the mass will change but the weight will be the same. b both the mass and the weight of the object will be the same. c the weight will change but the mass will be the same. d both the mass and the weight of the object will change.