Name the process scientists use to gain knowledge about the physical world

Consider a system to be two train cars traveling toward each other. what is the total momentum of the system before the train cars collide?   kg • what must the total momentum of the system be after the train cars collide?   kg •  

He latent heat of vaporization for ethyl alcohol is 854 j/g. the amount of energy, rounded to the nearest whole number, needed to change 5.20 grams of ethyl alcohol from a liquid to a gas is

1which body contains the majority of the mass in the solar system earth jupiter the moon the sun 2 what keeps the objects in the solar system such as planets orbiting around the sun the force of gravity the galaxy exerts on all objects within it including the solar system the great distance between the sun and the planets the sun's nuclear fusion which acts on each object the gravitational force between the sun and each object in the solar system