Early Physics
Measurements
Technology
Laws
100
Famous Greek mathematician/philosopher who believed that circles were "perfect forms" and created an important theorem involving triangles.
Who was Pythagoras of Samos?
100
Something that causes an experimental measurement to differ from the actual value.
What is error?
100
An optical instrument using lenses, curved mirrors, or a combination of both to observe distant objects, invented in 1608.
What is a telescope?
100
States that an object will remain at rest or in a uniform state of motion unless that state is changed by an external force.
What is Newton's First Law?
200
Suggested the Heliocentric model in the 16th century CE.
Who was Copernicus?
200
The time of day at which a person is the shortest.
What is night?
200
Light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation is more commonly called this.
What is a laser?
200
This, usually denoted c, has a constant speed throughout the universe.
What is light?
300
The base system that was used in Sumer and Babylon
What is Base 60 (Sexagecimal)
300
A handheld tool used by sailors and astronomers to determine angles.
Can be used to determine the height of large objects.
What is a sextant?
300
Abbreviated SEM, this device can produce images of a sample by scanning the surface with a focused beam of electrons.
What is a Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM)?
300
States that for every action in nature there is an equal and opposite reaction.
What is Newton's third law?
400
The man who first accurately determined the circumference of the Earth, using shadow lengths in Alexandria and Syene.
Who was Eratosthenes?
400
In SOH CAH TOA, the T stands for this.
What is tangent?
400
A machine that uses electromagnetic fields to propel charged particles to very high speeds and energies, and to contain them in well-defined beams.
This device can be used to "see" atoms.
What is a particle accelerator?
400
States that each planet's orbit about the Sun is an ellipse.
What is Kepler's First Law?
500
An ancient Greek physician and mathematician, she is known for relating properties of an equilateral triangle to the golden ratio.
Who was Theano of Crotone?
500
This is called ____.
What is the law of sines?
500
The man that invented the telescope in 1608.
Who was Antoni Van Leeuwenhoer?
500
Says that a line running from the sun to the planet sweeps out equal areas of the ellipse in equal times.
What is Kepler's Second Law?