You Wish to Triple the Rate of Energy Dissipation in a Heating

question 54

Multiple Choice

You wish to triple the rate of energy dissipation in a heating device.To do this you could triple:

• A)the potential difference keeping the resistance the same
• B)the current keeping the resistance the same
• C)the resistance keeping the potential difference the same
• D)the resistance keeping the current the same
• E)both the potential difference and current

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Salt Dome

A structure formed when buried salt buoyantly flows to the surface in steep, pipelike conduits.

Anticline

A type of fold in the Earth's crust characterized by an arch-like shape where the oldest rock layers are at the center of the fold, usually formed by compressional tectonic forces.

Syncline

A fold in rock layers where the youngest layers are closer to the center of the structure, typically shaped like a trough.

Limestone

A sedimentary rock composed primarily of calcium carbonate (CaCO3) in the form of the mineral calcite, often formed from the skeletal fragments of marine organisms.