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- 1. What quantity is closest to the ratio of the mass of the electron to the mass of the proton?
- 2. What value is h (Planck's constant)?
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Physics Trivia Questions
1. What quantity is closest to the ratio of the mass of the electron to the mass of the proton?
Answer: 1/1836
2. What value is h (Planck's constant)?
Answer: h = 6.6260715×10 -34 J.s
Explanation:
Value of Planck's Constant is h = 6.6260715×10 -34 J.s
3. What is the definition of the "atomic mass unit"?
Answer: The Mass Of Carbon-12 Divided By 12
4. In what year did Einstein write his famous paper Zur Elektrodynamik bewegter Korper in which he introduced special relativity?
Answer: 1905
5. Which century was Isaac Newton born in?
Answer: 1600's
6. The speed of light travels at?
Answer: 299,792.458 Kilometers Per Second
7. What is the speed of sound?
Answer: Variable
8. What is luminous intensity measured in?
Answer: Candelas
9. What is the most ductile metal on earth?
Answer: Gold
10. Which operator is associated to linear momentum in the Schrodinger scheme of quantum mechanics?
Answer: -I*Hbar*D/Dx
11. Which is a theoretical particle that travels faster than the speed of light?
Answer: Tachyon
12. What constant is referred to as "The Universe's Clock"?
Answer: Speed of Light
13. Before Kepler could formulate his laws, he needed the calculations of which other scientist ?
Answer: Tycho Brahe
14. Who was Isaac Newton's teacher?
Answer: Isaac Barrow
15. How many dynes make one Newton?
Answer: 10^5
16. Who developed the Second Law of Motion that is described by the equation F=ma?
Answer: Isaac Newton
17. Momentum is to force as angular momentum is to what?
Answer: Torque
18. In a circuit, what is the ratio of the voltage drop and current flow between two points?
Answer: Resistance
19. If you throw a ball in the air, what curve does it trace out?
Answer: Parabola
20. What kind of electromagnetic radiation arises only from nuclear excitations?
Answer: Gamma Rays
21. According to Ohm's Law, what would the resistance be in a circuit with 40 volts and 8 amps?
Answer: 5 Ohms
22. What is the Doppler effect?
Answer: The Observed Change In Frequency Of A Moving Object
23. In math, "pi" is equal to?
Answer: 3.141592654
24. What is the closest value of pi?
Answer: 3.14
25. What is energy of motion called?
Answer: Kinetic Energy
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