A certain percentage of water that falls to Earth's surface as precipitation each year does not become surface water or groundwater and does not evaporate back into the atmosphere. Which of the following most likely explains what happens to this water? a, The water falls into the ocean, where it evaporates back into the atmosphere.
b, The water is stored as snow and ice on the Earth's surface.
c, The water molecules are broken down into hydrogen and oxygen atoms.
d, The water is absorbed and used by plants.

Apackage of supplies is dropped from a plane, and one second later a second package is dropped. neglecting air resistance, the relative velocity of the 1st package viewed from the second will 56) a) increase. b) be constant. c) be zero. d) depend upon their weight. e) decrease

1point) a skydiver weighing 130 lb (including equipment) falls vertically downward from an altitude of 14,000 ft and opens the parachute after 20 s of free fall. assume that the force of air resistance, which is directed opposite to the velocity, is of magnitude 0.85|v|0.85|v| when the parachute is closed and is of magnitude 17|v|17|v| when the parachute is open, where the velocity vv is measured in ft/s. assume that acceleration due to gravity has magnitude 32 ft/s/s; remember that weight is the product of mass and gravitational acceleration. find the speed of the skydiver when the parachute opens. speed is 150.6121788 ft/s find the skydiver's height when the parachute opens. height is 2338.98591 ft find the limiting velocity vlvl after the parachute opens. (think about whether this should be positive or negative.) vl=vl= 7.647 ft/s

Aspecimen of oil having an initial volume of 580cm^3 is subjected to a pressure increase of 4.0 mpa, and the volume is found to decrease by 0.40 cm^3. (a) what is the bulk modulus of the material? (b) what is the compressibility of the material?