The Early Years
The Latter Years
Mathematical Developments
Light
Motion
100
Newton grew up in this small town in England - and no, it is not named for our 16th president.
What is Lincolnshire.
100
This work was recognized as a work of great power and genius, and it turned Newton into a sort of celebrity.
What is Principia (or Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy)?
100
A witness to this event caused Newton to explore why things fall down to earth.
What is watching ripe apples fall into his mother's garden?
100
Newton was the first to use this tool to explore the components of light.
What is a prism?
100
The following is an example of which of Newton's Laws of Motion: a rock on a mountainside will stay there forever unless something - wind, rain, a human being - causes it to move; and, without friction, it would move in a straight line forever?
What is First Law of Motion?
200
Because Newton's father died before his birth, and his mom remarried and started another family, Newton was forced to live with these people.
What is with his maternal grandparents.
200
Newton took this job in which he tracked down counterfeiters and oversaw the nations money supply, following his success with his book the Principia?
What is Warden of the Mint?
200
Newton developed a way to calculate very small units of time and movement called this.
What are fluxions?
200
This book was published in 1704, shortly after the death of Robert Hooke, with whom Newton often quarrelled over the topic of light?
What is Opticks?
200
Newton's Second Law of Motion states that if something is already moving, one of these can change its speed or direction, depending on the strength of it.
What is a force?
300
In 1661, following grammar school, Newton enrolled himself into this college.
What is Trinity College in Cambridge?
300
Newton became President of this reputable organization while living in London, following the death of then-President Robert Hooke.
What is the Royal Society?
300
One of the most important books in the history of science was written by Newton who used this book to explain aspects of physical nature in numbers and not wordy description.
What is Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy?
300
This term refers to what Newton was able to do with light. It means to bend light.
What is refraction.
300
According to Newton's Third Law of Motion - for any action, there is always an equal and opposite reaction - what two things happen when you swat a balloon?
What is the balloon will move away from your hand and you will feel the balloon on your hand (an action).
400
Newton was forced to retreat to leave Trinity College and retreat to his mothers home because of this event.
What is the plague epidemic?
400
Newton was the first scientist to earn this achievement, becoming Sir Isaac.
What is to be knighted?
400
Newton's work in physics brought these two realms closer together by offering mathematical and physical explanations of the way the planets move and the way bodies fall towards earth.
What are the heavens and the earth?
400
Newton's work with light had a great impact on this future scientists discoveries.
What is Albert Einstein?
400
This law was explored by Newton and refers to all of the straight lines on earth that are natural.
What is the Law of Inertia?
500
This year was one of the most productive years in Newton's life, in which he explored mathematics, light and mechanics.
What is 1665 - 1666?
500
A certain character trait followed Newton throughout his life, even to his death.
What are grumpy, resolute, vain, disagreeable, etc.?
500
This branch of mathematics was discovered by Newton and deals with rate of change, and it is currently used in advanced engineering.
What is calculus?
500
This special telescope invented by Newton used mirrors to reflect light to create images.
What is the Reflecting Telescope?
500
This law discovered by Newton states, "What goes up, must come down."
What is the Law of Universal Gravitation?
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