PHYSICS IS PHUN!
I THINK I’VE LOST AN ELECTRON, IN FACT, I’M ____
POSITIVE
THIS CONSTANT IS A UNIVERSAL SPEED LIMIT AND IS CONSTANT IN ALL REFERENCE FRAMES, WITH A VALUE OF ROUGHLY 3*10^ 8 M/S.
WHAT IS C, THE SPEED OF LIGHT?
IN 2020, THIS UCLA FACULTY MEMBER BECAME THE FOURTH WOMAN TO BE AWARDED THE NOBEL PRIZE IN PHYSICS.
WHO IS ANDREA GHEZ?
JWST
JAMES WEBB SPACE TELESCOPE
THIS 20TH CENTURY PHYSICIST, WHOSE NAME IS SYNONYMOUS WITH GENIUS, IS CREDITED WITH REVOLUTIONIZING OUR UNDERSTANDING OF GRAVITY AND SPACETIME.
WHO IS ALBERT EINSTEIN?
WHEN MEDITATING, RESISTANCE MAKES THIS SOUND
OHM
6.626 * 10 ^-34 J S, USED TO SOLVE THE ULTRAVIOLET CATASTROPHE. SOME MIGHT CALL IT A CULTURAL RELIC THAT OBSCURES THE UNDERLYING PHYSICS OF QUANTUM MECHANICS.
WHAT IS H, PLANCK'S CONSTANT?
THIS UCLA FACULTY MEMBER IS HELD IN HIGH REGARD BY THE CAMPUS COMMUNITY AND EVEN LOOKED UP TO AS A FATHER FIGURE.
WHO IS THE CULTURAL PHENOMENA KNOWN AS DADDY GENE BLOCK?
NASA
NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION
THIS PHYSICIST, PLAYED BY CILLIAN MURPHY IN A CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED BIOPIC, IS MOST FAMOUS FOR HIS ROLE AS THE “FATHER OF THE ATOMIC BOMB.”
WHO IS J. ROBERT OPPENHEIMER?
MY HEAD _____ FROM THE FREQUENCY OF THESE PUNS
HERTZ
1.602 X 10^-19 C, FIRST EXPLORED IN MILLIKAN’S OIL DROP EXPERIMENT
WHAT IS E, THE CHARGE OF AN ELECTRON?
DURING (NON-COVID) FINALS SEASON, THIS CAMPUS BUILDING BECOMES THE TEMPORARY HOME OF MANY BRUINS, WITH SOME OF THEM DISAPPEARING FROM THEIR DORMS FOR DAYS ON END.
WHAT IS POWELL LIBRARY?
LHC
LARGE HADRON COLLIDER
THIS ASTRONOMER HAD A SPACE TELESCOPE NAMED IN HIS HONOR FOR HIS WORK IN PROVING THE EXISTENCE OF OTHER GALAXIES BEYOND THE MILKY WAY AS WELL AS THE EXPANSION OF THE UNIVERSE.
WHO IS EDWIN HUBBLE?
THE SUBATOMIC PARTICLE SAYS THIS TO THE DUCK
QUARK QUARK
IT’S A DIMENSIONLESS CONSTANT NEARLY EQUAL TO 1/137 WHICH HAS MANY PHYSICAL INTERPRETATIONS. ONE IS THAT IT’S THE RATIO OF ELECTROSTATIC FORCE TO GRAVITATIONAL FORCE FOR TWO PARTICLES OF PLANCK MASS INTERACTING
WHAT IS ALPHA, THE FINE STRUCTURE CONSTANT?
GENE BLOCK: *SLAPS THE ROOF OF NORTH CAMPUS* “THIS BOY CAN FIT SO MANY _____ ______S IN IT”
USELESS MAJORS
LIGO
LASER INTERFEROMETER GRAVITATIONAL-WAVE OBSERVATORY
THROUGH HER WORK ON GALACTIC ROTATION CURVES, THIS ASTRONOMER PROVIDED SUBSTANTIAL EVIDENCE FOR THE EXISTENCE OF DARK MATTER.
WHO IS VERA RUBIN?
WHY DO HAMBURGERS HAVE LOWER ENERGY THAN STEAK?
BECAUSE THEY ARE IN THE GROUND STATE
1.097*10^7 M^-1, DESCRIBES THE FREQUENCIES IN AN EMISSION SPECTRUM. IT AGREED WITH BALMER’S FINDINGS, ALTHOUGH HE DIDN’T USE IT FOR FINDING THE BALMER SERIES.
WHAT IS R, THE RYDBERG CONSTANT?
IN JANUARY OF 2018, HISTORY WAS MADE WHEN VISITORS TO THE UCLA CAMPUS RELEASED SEVERAL MICE IN RESIDENTIAL DINING HALL BPLATE, CAUSING A COMMOTION li AMERICA’S TOP-RATED COLLEGE EATERY. NEVER BEFORE WAS THERE SO MUCH FRESH MEAT IN A COLLEGE DINING EXPERIENCE. FINISH THE PHRASE: BPLATE: SO FRESH IT’S _____
ALIVE
LASER
LIGHT AMPLIFICATION BY STIMULATED EMISSION OF RADIATION
WHENEVER YOUR PROFESSORS CITE “SYMMETRY” AS AN EXCUSE TO SIMPLIFY A PROBLEM, YOU CAN THANK THIS GERMAN MATHEMATICIAN/PHYSICIST FOR CONNECTING SYMMETRIES TO CONSERVATION LAWS.
WHO IS EMMY NOETHER?