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Physics Trivia 12/2023
Physics Trivia 12/2023
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1
How long would you have to yell to produce enough sound energy to heat up one cup of coffee?
10 hours
4 years, 5 months, 10 days
8 years, 7 months and 6 days
6 months, 12 days
2
What is laughing gas?
Nitrogen
Nitrous oxide
Carbon Dioxide
Helium Oxide
3
How long does it take the earth to make one rotation on it's axis?
365 days
1 year
1 day
1 month
4
What is the largest living structure on earth?
amazon rainforest
a red wood tree
The great barrier reef
The Nile
5
Which of the following is not a unit of temperature.
Fahrenheit
Kelvin
Thermopair
celsius
6
Approximately what percentage of physicists are women?
50%
35%
20%
5%
7
The tallest waterfall in the world is
Niagara Falls
Angel Falls
Barron falls
Amazonia falls
8
What units are used when measuring the frequency of a sound wave?
hertz
volume
amplitude
decibel
9
About how long does it take Pluto to orbit the sun?
248 earth years
23 earth years
365 earth days
17 earth weeks
10
Which Nobel Prize winning physicist developed the general theory of relativity?
Marie Curies
Albert Einstein
Stephen Hawking
Richard Feynman
11
Which is a direction, an airline and Kimye's kid?
Jet Blue
Blue East
North West
South West
12
Force =
Mass x Distance
Mass ÷ Volume
Rate x Time
Mass x Acceleration
13
What is the name of the famous particle discovered in the Hadron Collider in 2013?
the gluon
the down quark
the higgs boson
the tau nuetrino
14
On average how many new species are discovered each day?
11
21
41
31
15
Which element gives Mars its reddish color?
copper
iron
hydrogen
zinc
16
Who discovered the laws of motion?
Galileo Galilei
Johannes Kepler
Albert Einstein
Isaac Newton
17
Which planet is known for its rings?
mercury
Saturn
Venus
Mars
18
If Mr. Brown skied 150 miles in 10 hours, what was his average speed?
1.5 mph
150 mph
15 mph
75 mph
19
How many legs does a butterfly have?
zero
four
two
six
20
What gas is in lightbulbs?
Hydrogen
Carbon
Nitrogen
Fluorine
21
What is this a picture of?
a galaxy being born
a cupcake
a hurricane on saturn
the earth's core
22
Which branch of science deals with the study of motion, forces and energy?
Botany
Chemistry
Physics
Biology
23
How much tackling force can an average NFL defensive back produce?
1200 lbs-force
2200 lbs-force
1600 lbs-force
500 lbs-force
24
The type of reaction that occurs on the sun is a _______ reaction.
allergic
chemical
white
nuclear
25
What is the fastest animal on earth?
Pronghorn Antelope
Peregrine falcon
Sailfish
Cheetah
26
How much would a person who weighs 200 lbs on earth weigh on Mars?
272 lbs
200 lbs
115 lbs
76 lbs
27
Physicists are currently working on creating...
robots with senses of humor
teleportation devices
invisibility cloaks
contact lenses with computer chips in them
28
This popular footwear can be worn all year round because it is made of Sheepskin which is...
an airtight material
A heat generating material
a naturally thermostatic material
alive
29
What is the SI unit of energy?
teraflop
watt
picogram
joule
30
The fixed point on which a lever moves is called a ________.
fulcrum
fountain
flint
forge
31
Classic mechanics accurately describes the motion of objects, provided they are...
much larger than atoms
much less than the speed of light
quantum particles
moving
32
What is the largest reptile on earth?
Tyrannosaurus rex
Chinese giant salamander
Saltwater croc
Komodo dragon
33
How much energy does a tropical cyclone produce?
4000 megaton bombs worth
1 megaton bombs worth
2 megaton bombs worth
8000 megaton bombs worth
34
What is the name of the mission that recently landed a satellite on a comet?
the Rosetta Mission
the Apollo Mission
the Philae Mission
the Gemini Mission
35
What is the name given by physicist to a "shortcut" through space and time?
a nebula
a black hole
a super nova
a wormhole
36
Physics is the study of what?
The way the human body moves.
Matter, its motion, forces and energy
The way the universe behaves
The way living things interact
37
What came first the chicken or the egg?
No idea
Impossible to tell
Chicken
Egg
38
We use electromagnetic radiation to ________.
hear
smell
see
taste
39
What law of physics does Storm seemingly defy each time she generates a lightning bolt at will?
for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction
energy is neither created nor destroyed
force is equal to mass times accelration
the law of gravity
40
The rate of change of velocity is called _________.
speed
a vector
acceleration
distance
41
If you drilled a hole straight through the earth and jumped in, how long would your fall last?
42 minutes and 12 seconds
3 minute 27 seconds
10 minutes 45 seconds
24 minutes 48 seconds
42
The Physics of Basketball: Who is the highest vertical leaper in NBA history?
Julius Erving
Lebron James
Shawn Kemp
Michael Jordan
43
What SI unit is used when measuring a force?
kelvin
mass
kilogram
newton
44
The worlds tallest mountain is
K2
Everest
Ben Nevis
Kilimanjaro
45
All the matter that makes up the human race can fit inside a(n)...
Olympic swimming pool
Sugar cube
The Empire State Building
Basketball
46
How long would it take light to travel around the earth?
0 seconds, it is instant
1.6 seconds
0.13 seconds
1 minute 24 seconds
47
What is my equation?
F=ma
E = nc2
E = mc2
H2 + 02 = H20
48
The element common to all acids is
Hydrogen
Carbon
Sulphur
Chlorine
49
Which of the following is NOT an effect of zero gravity on astronauts in space?
Muscle atrophy due to lack of use.
Increased height through spine lengthening.
Puffed up face due to more blood in the head.
Delirium due to lack of smartphone.
50
Which of the quantities below is an example of a vector quantity?
62 mph
North/Northwest
7 ft to the right
13.6 meters
51
What is the order of the planets?
Mercury, Earth, Venus, Neptune,Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Saturn,Neptune,Jupiter, Uranus
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus,Neptune
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Neptune,Jupiter, Uranus, Saturn
52
Which of the following is a branch of classical mechanics?
Dynamics
Thermodynamics
Acoustics
Optics
53
What is the name of the star closest to earth?
the sun
Barnard's Star
Wolf 359
Alpha Centauri
54
What country has over 850 registered languages?
Papua New Guinea
Madagascar
China
America
55
During this question how many of your cells have died and been regenerated?
60million
210million
1 million
160 million
56
Which famous theoretical physicist must communicate through a speech generating device?
Neil Degrasse Tyson
Steven Hawking
Carl Sagan
Bill Nye
57
Which artist forgot to make the correct projectile motion calculations before leaping in 2013?
Kendrick Lamar
Drake
Frank Ocean
Miguel
58
A strawberry looks red because it _________ red light.
eats
turns into
absorbs
reflects
59
`what country is known as the "country of copper"?
Chile
Zambia
Columbia
Nigeria
60
Which object has kinetic energy?
a ball flying through the air
a tank of gasoline
a boulder on top of a mountain
a hamburger
61
What covers 1/4 of the planet?
Cloud
Rock
Water
Grass
62
The average person walks the equivalent of how many times around the earth in a lifetime?
0.8 times
4.2 times
1.5 times
3 times
63
Which of the following planets is closest to the sun?
Uranus
Jupiter
Neptune
Saturn
64
When did Neil Armstrong first step foot on the moon?
July 20, 1969
About a week ago
June 14, 1972
August 10, 1978
65
Study of which Physics topic would help us better understand how our cellphones work?
Magentism
Waves
Forces
Motion
66
What is the name of the award winning astrophysicist who hosts the Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey?
Neil Degrasse Tyson
Carl Sagan
Bill Nye
Brian Greene
67
If you drilled a hole through the earth &jumped through it you would reach the other side in...
67 days
36 seconds
42 minutes
51 hours
68
Which term refers to the moon?
solar
stellar
lunar
polar
69
Who proposed the law of motion that for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction?
Copernicus
Newton
Einstein
Galileo
70
The most abundant gas in the air we breathe is...
Nitrogen
Oxygen
Carbon dioxide
Carbon monoxide
