Developed theories of gravitation and mechanics, and invented differential calculus
Who is Sir Issac Newton?
100
A diagram that shows all the forces acting upon a certain object.
What is a free-body diagram?
100
An object in motion will stay in motion and an object at rest will stay at rest unless acted upon by an unbalanced force.
What is Newton's First Law of Motion?
100
Javier's last name.
What is Weddington?
200
The two things that classify light waves.
What are wavelength and frequency?
200
The first American physicist; characterized two kinds of electric charge, which he named "positive'' and "negative"
Who is Benjamin Franklin?
200
Ue=Fg*h
What is potential energy?
200
Tells us how much an object will accelerate for a given net force.
What is Newton's Second Law?
200
A branch of physics which deals with the nature and behavior of matter and energy on a much atomic and subatomic scale
What is quantum mechanics?
300
What is a light particle called?
What is a photon?
300
Discovered that current flow is proportional to potential difference and inversely proportional to resistance
Who is Georg Ohm?
300
V=v+at
What is kinematics?
300
The system and idea that Quantum Mechanics is based on.
What is Probability?
300
Deoxyribonucleic acid
What is DNA?
400
A type of light that has small wavelengths, but a large amounts of energy?
What are gamma rays?
400
Discovered radioactivity of thorium; co-discovered radium and polonium
Who is Marie Curie?
400
p=mv
What is momentum?
400
The idea that certain properties, such as position, speed and color, can sometimes only occur in specific, set amounts
What is the theory of quantized particles?
400
What category of neurology does Javier study?
What is Optogenetics?
500
Laws that determines the distribution of particles
What are probability laws?
500
Explained Brownian motion and photoelectric effect; contributed to theory of atomic spectra; formulated theories of special and general relativity
Who is Albert Einstein?
500
w=F*d
What is the formula for work?
500
How can you throw a ball as hard as you can and have it come back to you even if it doesn't hit anything there is nothing attached to it and no one else catches or throws it ?