Explain in terms of pressure why a boat made of modelling clay floats?

When someone slams her books on a table the kinect energy is transferred into vibrations that travel to your ears as sound waves which statement describes the movement of those waves

What is the type of the reaction below? bacl2 + h2so4 → 2 hci + baso4 double replacement synthesis single replacement decomposition

The california mussel (mytilus californianus) attaches itself to a rock or other solid surface with a bundle of filaments known as the byssus. imagine that 15.0 j of work is done to stretch the distal end of the byssus. it releases 10.8 j of thermal energy as it relaxes. what is the resilience of the distal end of the byssus?