This Physics Trivia Will Pull You In With Gravity
1.
Who developed the Second Law of Motion that is described by the equation F=ma?
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Isaac Newton
2.
Momentum is to force as angular momentum is to what?
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Torque
3.
In a circuit, what is the ratio of the voltage drop and current flow between two points?
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Resistance
4.
If you throw a ball in the air, what curve does it trace out?
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Parabola
5.
What kind of electromagnetic radiation arises only from nuclear excitations?
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Gamma Rays
6.
According to Ohm's Law, what would the resistance be in a circuit with 40 volts and 8 amps?
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5 Ohms
7.
What is the Doppler effect?
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The Observed Change In Frequency Of A Moving Object
8.
In math, "pi" is equal to?
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3.141592654
9.
What is the closest value of pi?
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3.14
10.
What is energy of motion called?
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Kinetic Energy
11.
Which scientific term means "measure of resistance to flow in a liquid"?
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Viscosity
12.
Which scientific term means "curved inwards"?
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Concave
13.
Which scientific term is defined as a physical particle with a negative charge?
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Electron
14.
What is the term for the capacity of a body or system to do work?
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Energy
15.
Which scientific term is best defined as "a measure of frequency"?
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Hertz (Hz)
16.
Which scientific term is best defined as an electrically charged atom?
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Ion
17.
What is a space which is entirely devoid of matter called in science terms?
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Vacuum
18.
What is the distance between two peaks of a wave called?
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Wavelength
19.
What is the rate at which something moves called?
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Speed
20.
A unit of electromotive force is called what?
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Volt
21.
What unit of measurement is one-thousandth of a gram?
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Milligram
22.
What is water in its solid form called?
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Ice
23.
A unit for measuring pressure is also known as what?
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Pounds Per Square Inch (Psi)
24.
What is the irregular and instantaneous motion of air called?
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Turbulence
25.
What does splitting a laser light into two beams through a silver mirror make?
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Hologram
26.
Which term describes flying at six times the speed of sound?
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Mach 6
27.
Which abbreviation refers to a term that literally means "below red"?
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IR
28.
The four engines of a Boeing 747 jet produce 188,000 pounds (85,275 kilograms) of what?
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Thrust
29.
Which form of energy can we see with the naked eye?
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Light
30.
What is the scientific word for push or pull?
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Force
31.
What are the ends of a bar magnet called?
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Poles
32.
What force slows down a rolling ball?
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Friction
33.
How fast does light travel in one second?
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186,000 Miles Per Second
34.
What is the main form of energy produced by a laser?
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Light
35.
What is a storage device for electricity called?
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Cell
36.
What would you do to a bucket of sand and water to separate one from the other?
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Filtration
37.
What form of energy are we using when we use an alarm clock or a dishwasher?
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Electricity
38.
What sort of electricity do you get when you rub two balloons and they stick together?
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Static
39.
What is the word for getting rid of electrical charge by transferring it?
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Grounding
40.
What word means a loss of electrical power?
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Blackout
41.
What type of material is rubber, in terms of electrical flow?
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Insulator
42.
What material gets hot when electricity flows through it and resists the flow?
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Resistors
43.
What simple line drawings do people use to represent the electric flow?
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Circuit Diagrams
44.
What piece of material attracts iron and some other metals?
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Magnet
45.
What is the device that makes alternating current called?
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Generator
46.
What device is made of several cells connected in series?
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Battery
47.
What do we call the machine that helps control the heart muscle's regularity?
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Pacemaker
48.
What is the potential energy in the nucleus of an atom called?
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Nuclear Energy
49.
What is the rapid back-and-forth movement that can cause sound called?
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Vibration
50.
What was the first sound-recording device called?
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Phonograph
51.
What is the perception of frequency called?
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Pitch
52.
What piece of polished, cut glass can we use to see the spectrum of visible light?
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Prism
53.
What are solid particles that produce color by absorbing or reflecting light called?
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Pigments
54.
What two factors do you need to determine the average speed of an object?
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Distance And Time
55.
What type of scientist studies changes and interactions with matter including time and light?
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Physicist
56.
What describes both direction and how fast something is going?
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Velocity
57.
Which speed type does an object move in the same distance in each second traveled?
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Constant
58.
What is the rate of change of an object's velocity called?
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Acceleration
59.
Which force opposes motion between two objects?
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Friction
60.
What instrument do scientists often use to measure the amount of force?
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Spring Scale
61.
What do car makers use to test air resistance in new car models?
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Wind Tunnel
62.
What forces are equal in size but opposing?
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Balanced Forces
63.
What is a body's resistance to changes in motion or speed called?
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Inertia
64.
What kind of energy is the energy of the motion of an avalanche?
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Kinetic Energy
65.
What is the product of an object's velocity and mass called?
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Momentum
66.
What does acceleration depend on according to Newton's Second Law of Motion?
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Mass Of Object
67.
What is the measure of how elements slow down the effect of a current?
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Resistance
68.
What unit is resistance measured in?
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Ohm
69.
What type of material allows electrons to flow freely?
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Conductor
70.
What material resists electron flow?
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Insulator
71.
What are circuits with more than one pathway for electrons called?
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Parallel Circuits
72.
What type of switch allows you to reset the circuit?
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Circuit Breaker
73.
What exists around a magnet?
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Magnetic Field
74.
What kind of waves are formed when you send electricity through a magnet?
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Electromagnet
75.
What is the energy of moving parts called?
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Mechanical Energy
76.
If you're talking about electricity, what does "DC" stand for?
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Direct Current
77.
What physical quantity is always conserved in mechanical collisions?
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Momentum
78.
What are the units of torque?
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Newton-Meters
79.
What does Hooke's Law describe?
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Force Exerted By A Stretched Spring
80.
What does the "m" stand for in maser, the predecessor of the laser?
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Microwave
81.
The Bernoulli Effect concerns what physical system?
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A Moving Fluid
82.
Masses are to Newton's Gravitational Law as charges are to what?
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Coulomb's Law
83.
What does the word "quantum" mean?
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Portion
84.
How many quarks are in an electron?
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None
85.
What word describes a material which maintains a magnetic field after an external field is removed?
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Ferromagnetic
86.
What physical constant did Henry Cavendish first determine using two weights and a cantilever?
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Gravitational Constant
87.
What Scottish physicist's name adorns both a set of electromagnetic equations, and the distribution of velocities within a gas at equilibrium?
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James Clerk Maxwell
88.
What measure is used to express reactance in conductors and capacitors?
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Ohms
89.
What form of spectroscopy is concerned with the strength of the magnetic field surrounding atoms?
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NMR
90.
How much would a 150-pound person weigh at the center of the earth?
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Nothing
91.
What is the force of gravity on the moon compared to that of the Earth?
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1/6 That Of The Earth
92.
Who discovered the neutron and in what year?
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James Chadwick In 1932
93.
What is a Beta particle?
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Electron
94.
What physical laws states that no two particles may occupy the same quantum state simultaneously?
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The Pauli Exclusion Principle
95.
Two positive charges repel, so how is it possible to have a nucleus with multiple protons in such proximity?
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The Strong Nuclear Force Holds Them Together
96.
How many grams are in a pound?
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454
97.
What is the second derivative of displacement?
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Instantaneous Acceleration
98.
What was originally defined as one 10-millionth of the distance from the equator to the North Pole?
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Meter
99.
What part of the atmosphere helps radio signals to skip?
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Ionosphere
100.
What is "humiture"?
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Humidity And Temperature
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