1. How does carbon dioxide interact with visible light and infrared radiation 2.How do you think that carbon dioxide affects the Earth’s atmosphere?

Two large, flat, horizontally oriented plates are parallel to each other, a distance d apart. half way betwween the two plates the electric field has magnitude e. if the separation of the plates is reduced to d/2 what is the magnitude of the electric field half way between the plates?

Explain in physical terms how a microwave oven works. what would happen when you put a conductor in the microwave oven? explain.

Light from the sun reaches the earth in 8.3 minutes. the velocity is 3.00 x 10^8 m/s. how far is earth from the sun? i know how to get to d = (3 x 10^8 m/s)(498 sec). i just don't know how to get from there to the answer being 1.5 x 10^11 m.