Final answer:
Without additional information, it is not possible to determine definitively whether the glider is still in contact with the spring after traveling 0.700 m along an air track. The answer involves understanding the dynamics of a spring system, where the spring's potential energy is converted into kinetic energy of the glider, which generally results in the glider moving beyond the point of natural spring length and losing contact with the spring.
Step-by-step explanation:
The student's question appears to be related to a physics concept known as conservation of energy within the context of a spring system. Whether the glider is still in contact with the spring after traveling 0.700 m from its initial position against the compressed spring depends on various factors including the spring constant, amount of compression, and mass of the glider; consequently, there's not enough information provided to answer this question definitively. However, if the question was intended to assess understanding of oscillatory motion and spring dynamics, we could infer that once the spring has expanded and exerted its force, the glider will typically no longer be in contact with the spring.
For example, in the case of a frictionless table and a spring mass system, if the block is released from where the spring is maximally compressed, the spring's stored potential energy will be converted into kinetic energy. Once this energy transfer is complete, the block (or glider) would no longer be in contact with the spring as it moves beyond the point of natural spring length. Since the question describes a 'glider on an air track,' we might assume it to be a similar system with no friction, but again, the specific answer would depend on the details of the spring's force constant and the mass of the glider.