Miscellaneous Facts
The study of matter and energy
What is Physics?
The force that causes things to fall to the ground.
What is gravity?
He came up with a formula to measure energy.
Who is Albert Einstein?
The energy of motion
What is kinetic?
The light turns on because of this.
What is a closed circuit?
By inserting a piece of zinc and a piece of copper, this edible item can become a battery cell.
What is a lemon?
LED when speaking of bulbs stands for this.
What is light-emitting diode?
Who is Sir Isaac Newton?
At the same pressure, this is denser than hot air.
What is cold air?
This physical reaction causes heat and keeps me from slipping on the ice.
What is friction?
The MRI, X-ray, and ultrasound machines are all used for this.
What is imaging?
How do you make a sonic boom?
What is You must travel faster than sound?
This scientist discovered that most illnesses come from germs.
Who is Louis Pasteur?
What is gravitational pull?
The law that states that an object that is at rest will remain at rest unless a force acts upon it
What is the law of inertia?
This composer cut the legs off his piano.
Who is Ludwig van Beethoven?
A resource that cannot be easily replaced is called this.
What is a non-renewable resource?
Who is Louis Pasteur?
The poles on these must be opposite to attract and to work as designed.
What is a magnet?
The equation F=ma states this.
What is "force is equal to mass times the acceleration".
These work by conducting electrical impulses in a controlled way.
What are semiconductors?
This physical property causes it to hurt when you hit the water jumping into a swimming pool?
What is surface tension?
This jet pilot was first to create a sonic boom.
Who is Chuck Yeager?
A bridge built of stone supports itself because of this shape.
What is an arch?
This law states that when two bodies interact, they apply forces to one another that are equal in magnitude and opposite in direction.
Newton's Third Law OR the law of action and reaction.