Electro-Magnetic Field Theory
Quantum Mechanics
Classical Mechanics
Misc.
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100

What is azimuthal symmetry for spherical coordinates?

What is no dependence in the theta-direction (going angularly with respect to the z-axis)?

100

What form of doppler shift means an object is moving towards you?

What is blue shifted?

100

What is the momentum form of Newton's 2nd Law?

What is F = dp/dt = m dv/dt

100

What color does the sun light emission spectrum peak in for the visible?

What is yellow?

100

Which renowned physicist was an officer of the royal mint?

Who is Sir Isaac Newton?

200

What is the description of charge in the forms of lambda, sigma, and rho?

What is charge density (linear, surface, and volume)?

200

What property of an equation allows it to be a valid wavefunction?

What is continuous, finite, and single valued?

200

What type of friction allows a bicycle to move forward?

What is static friction?

200

What are donors and acceptors in semiconductors?

What is a spare electron (donor) and a hole/positive charge (acceptor)?

200

Which theoretical physicist almost did not earn their doctoral degree because they did not know how a battery worked?

Who is Werner Heisenberg?

300

This form of solving for electric potential is using geometry of induced charges.

What is method of imaging?

300

What is the condition of Uncertainty Principle?

DeltaX*DeltaP >= hbar/2

300

What are the two forms of drag force?

What is linear drag (bv) and quadratic drag (cv^2)?
300

What are the seven ranges in the electromagnetic spectrum?

What are the radio, microwave, infrared, visible, ultraviolet, x-ray, and gamma rays?

300

Which astronomer, who is credited for cataloging more than 10,000 stars, was originally a maid?

Who is Williamina Fleming?

400

What is the form of LaPlace's Equation in cylindrical coordinates? (write in response)

What is the del operator in cylindrical coordinates?
400

What force hold nucleus together?

What is strong force?

400

What is phase space?

What is "the space of all possible states of a physical" or a graph of Velocity vs/ Position?

400

What is an FET semiconductor?

What is a Field Effect Transistor (typically used for switches/gates)?
400

Which physicist did not agree with quantum theory, saying '[I can't accept quantum mechanics because] "I like to think the moon is there even if I am not looking at it."'

Who is Albert Einstein?

500

What is the condition for a Neumann problem?

What is the known values of the electric field at the boundaries?

500

What property of a wave is larger than a barrier and causes quantum tunneling?

What is the frequency?

500

What is Kepler's third law?

"The square of a planet's orbital period is proportional to the cube of the length of the semi-major axis of its orbit." T^2 = (4*pi^2/G*M)*a^3

500

Name 5 telescopes.

examples: chandra, spitzer, jwst, hubble, kepler, fermi gamma-ray

500

Which physicist kept a journal detailing his various romantic relationships, including one noted "unrequited love" with his adolescent cousin?

Who is Erwin Schrodinger?

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