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Why an electric main switch is turned off by pulling the handle downward where as a general light switch is turned on by pressing downward?
Ordinary household light switches are usually installed so that they turn off in the downward position. If yours turn on by pressing downward, it just means that someone installed them upside down.
Electrical mains are designed and installed so that gravity would tend to open them not close them.
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Gravity affects this type of motion?
Gravity affects the motion of objects in free fall by pulling them downward towards the Earth's center. This results in objects accelerating at a constant rate of 9.8 m/s^2.
What type of fault causes the land to move downward?
In a normal fault the hanging wall moves downward. With this type of fault, the hanging wall also shifts horizontally away from the fault line.
What are paired forces?
Paired forces are two forces that are equal in magnitude but act in opposite directions on an object. Examples include the force of gravity pulling an object downward and the normal force acting upward to balance it, or the tension in a rope pulling on an object and the equal and opposite tension in the object pulling on the rope.
What forces are at work on a floating object are they balanced?
Remember Newton's Second Law! If the object is not accelerating, then of course they are balanced.The main forces are: 1) gravity pulling downward, the fluid in which it is floating pushing upward.
The main source of downward convection flow in the mantle is called?
The main source of downward convection flow in the mantle is called "slab pull." This process occurs when a denser oceanic plate sinks into the mantle at a subduction zone, pulling the rest of the plate behind it. This movement helps drive the overall convective flow in the mantle.
When do you notice the force of gravity?
When there is that force that pulls downward. Example, when you climb a mountain. You will fell that there is that gravity pulling downward.
Maurice is exerting an upward force holding a magazine in the palm of his hand. What is the opposing force in this situation?
The opposing force in this situation is gravity pulling the magazine downward.
What exerts a pulling force on all matter on earth?
gravity at a downward force of 9.8m/s
If you suspend a load from a fixed support by means of a rope what downward force acts on the load?
The downward force acting on the load is due to gravity. This force is equal in magnitude to the weight of the load and is responsible for pulling the load downward.
When a projectile is moving up what is moving downward?
When a projectile is moving up, gravity is pulling it downward. Gravity is a force that acts on all objects, causing them to accelerate towards the center of the earth.
Why fire does not comes downward?
The heat generated by the fire warms surrounding gasses and they rise, pulling the flame up.
What force with a vertical direction downward?
Gravity is the force that acts vertically downward towards the center of the Earth, pulling objects towards it. This force is responsible for objects falling to the ground when released from a height.
When gravity is pulling you downward when you sit is this balanced or unbalance force?
Force equals mass times acceleration, if you are sitting at rest you are not accelerating, so your acceleration is zero. The force is your mass times zero, 75 kg x 0 ms-2= 0 newtons. If the force is zero, this means the force of gravity pulling you down is cancelled out by the force of the chair pushing you up. So the forces are balanced.
What is the force that acts in the opposite direction of lift?
The force that acts in the opposite direction of lift is weight, which is the force exerted by gravity pulling the object downward. It acts vertically downward from the center of mass of the object.
What is the force that causes the box to move downward?
Gravity because it is pulling down the box
What type of force does a backpack exert on the body?
A backpack exerts a downward force on the body due to gravity pulling it downward. Additionally, the straps of the backpack exert a force on the shoulders and back to support the weight of the backpack.
A stack of books is pulling downward on the table what force is pulling down on it?
Gravity, which force will equal the weight of the books
