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If a cricket ball of mass 500g is thrown upwards from the ground with an initial velocity of 20 m/s, how high will the ball reach?

The best method of answering this question would be to look at the energy of the ball at the moment it is thrown and at the moment it reaches its highest point. When the ball is thrown, initially all the ene...
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Explain what happens to magnesium and oxygen atoms when they react to form Magnesium oxide.

When this reaction occurs, strong ionic bonds form between two oppositely charged particles (ions). Magnesium is a group II metal, and therefore has two electrons in it's highest energy level (or outermost e...
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What is diffusion and why is it important in both animals and plants?

Diffusion is a passive process involving the movement of molecules from a region of a higher concentration to one of a lower concentration (the term passive means that the process does not require an input o...
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What is an (electrostatically) induced charge?

When an electrically charged object (e.g rod) charges an uncharged object (e.g. metal sphere) that is nearby with the opposite charge. How does this happen? The charged rod causes the charges on the sphere t...
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How to analyse a source?

Analysing a source at first often feels like a daunting task, especially because it is unseen material, but it needn’t be! If you simply focus on what the question if asking you to do and structure it in an ...
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