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Historical Figures and Contemporary Physics Quiz
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What claims that all laws of physics are the same in inertial frames? (Einstein discovery)
Special Relativity
Mass Energy Equivalence
Quantum Theory
Photoeclectric effect
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What is the science of celestial objects?
Geography
Astrophysics
Chaos theory
Dark Matter
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Who is Galileo Galilei?
Wrote Bohemian Rhapsody
Discovered Laws of Motion
Discovered Principle of inertia
Discovered "x=(1/2)gt^2
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Who developed the concept of absolute zero and its temperature scale
Calvin Farenhide
Lord Kelvin
J.J Thompson
Cornwall Celsius
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What is the mathematical theory that attempts to explain the behavior of complex systems
Superconductivity
Newtonian Theory
String Theory
Chaos Theory
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What is Thomas Young famous for creating?
Electric Cords
Double Slit Experiment
Telephone
Pendulum
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What experiment by Ernest Rutherford fired alpha particles at a thing pice of gold foil?
Platinum Lab
Gold Particle Experiment
Gold Foil Experiment
Alpha Particle test
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What is the form of Matter that cannot be seen with telescopes, accounting for missing mass?
Dark Matter
Electrons
Iron
Gold Foil Matter
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What toolf developed by Albert Michelson and Ed Morley detects the motion of the Earth?
Strainmeter
Transitor
Double Slit Projector
Interferometer
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What is Coulomb's Law?
two charges at a distance will attract/repel each other
V=IR
protons move at equal speed
charges of the same sign attract
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What is the shift in wavelength and frequency in sound as a source moves closer/further away?
Doppler Effect
Sheldon's Theory
Big Bang Theory
Law of Moving Objects
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What is Isaac Newton's 2nd Law of Motion?
A modification of Galileo's "principle of inertia"
acc. of an object is proportional to the force put on object
two charges at a distance will attract/repel each other
two masses at a distance apart attract each other
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Ohm's Law measures what?
current, resistance, voltage
I=VR
amplitude
protons
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The mathematics of Electromagnetic waves were introduced by..?
James Max Clerk
Maxwell Clerk James
James Clerk Maxwell
James Max Clerkwellt
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Who developed the principles of Electromagnetic Induction?
Heinrich Lenz
Michael Daly
Michael Faraday
Thomas Young
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Who showed that water temperature could go up by applying a flame/doing mechanical work on it?
Max Planck
Lord Kelvin
James Joule
Niels Bohr
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What is a complec single circuit consisting of many miniaturized components?
Microprocesser
Semi conductor
Transitor
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Who founded the Quantum Theory?
Galileo
Albert Einstein
James Joule
Max Planck
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James Watt developed the concept of what?
God
electricity
Power
steam engines
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What is a material that has zero electrical resistance when below critical temperature?
Semiconductor
Microprocessor
Transitor
Superconductivity
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What is this?
Double Slit Experiment
Doppler effect
Prisoner
Zebra
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What discovery made J.J Thompson famous?
Electromagnetic Waves
Electron
Proton
Gravity
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Which is a material that can act as a conductor or insulator
Transitor
Semiconductor
Gold
Superconductor
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Who created the planetary model of the atom?
Niels Bohr
Einstein
Heinrich Lenz
Thomas Young
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Which of these is
not
Kepler's Laws of Planetary Motion
Planetary motion is elliptical
lines from central body to orbiting object are equal in time
all planets orbit at the same speed
square of the period is proportional to the radius of orbit
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What hypothesizes that elementary particles making up matter are liner oscillations?
String Theory
Astrophysics
Special Relativity
Chaos Theory
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What law dictates the direction of an induced current?
Lewis's
Lenz's
Lens's
Ohm's
