Besides gravity, what other factors, if any, hold us to the earths surface?

Ways that industry and agriculture use physical properties to separate substances

Amichelson interferometer operating at a 600 nm wavelength has a 3.02-cm-long glass cell in one arm. to begin, the air is pumped out of the cell and mirror m2 is adjusted to produce a bright spot at the center of the interference pattern. then a valve is opened and air is slowly admitted into the cell. the index of refraction of air at 1.00 atm pressure is 1.00028.how many bright-dark-bright fringe shifts are observed as the cell fills with air?

Asmall 12.00g plastic ball is suspended by a string in a uniform, horizontal electric field with a magnitude of 10^3 n/c. if the ball is in equilibrium when the string makes a 30 ° angle with the vertical, what is the net charge on the ball?