Physics Trivia

What is more true: chemistry is part of physics or the other way around?

Which of the following is true regarding uniform circular motion?

What is a conventional star (like our star)?

Which of the following most appropriately count as a perpetual motion machine?

How long does it take for light to travel from the sun to the earth?

Which of the following was Newton not directly involved in? Select the best answer.

Bob was trying to use a glass prism and a red laser to create a rainbow. It didn’t work. What is most likely the reason?

Which of the following are the fundamental forces of nature? (select all that apply)

What famous day did Einstein's birthday fall on?

In vacuum, a feather and a brick would accelerate at the same rate.

Which of the following is a chemical compound?

In a projectile motion in vacuum, which of the following is completely unaffected by gravity?

Which of the following law or principles is NOT time reversible

If two non-zero vectors are added together, and the resultant vector is zero, what must be true of the two vectors?

Which of the following will travel the greatest distance (assuming the magnitude of the vectors are the same)

Inertia is a force

What is the SI unit for work/energy

In a spring, when is the total mechanical energy at its greatest?

Order the forces from strongest to weakest

What does ampere (current) measure?

How to theoretically block all light?

Which of the following is not an internationally recognized fundamental element

A vector has a magnitude of 5 units. Its x-component is 3 units. What is its y-component?

2 identical objects are released from the same height 2 s apart, what happens to the distance between them over time?

What is the Plank length?

Which of the following can be “found” “within” protons and neutrons? (select all that apply)

When one runs, what is that person doing, according to physics?

A small car collides with a large truck, which experiences greater force?

Which physicist was most famous for his cat?

Which of the following phenomena/law directly violates at least one law of Thermodynamics as developed in the 1800s?

What’s the physical difference between gamma rays and visible light?

Hawking radiation is concerned with...

There are two forces with magnitudes of 5N and 12N. Which of the following net forces is not possible?

On which topic did Einstein NOT publish while working as a patent clerk, in his Annus Mirabilis (1905)?

What’s the power exerted by the 1m rope on a 10kg object undergoing circular motion (constant angular speed of 10m/s).

Which of Newton's Laws described inertia

The acceleration of an object is inversely proportional to its mass.

What does volt (Voltage) measure