PRACTICE CATEGORY 1
Konstantin Novoselov, 36, shared the 2010 PhysicsPrize for his work on graphene, a form of this element
What is carbon?
String theory is part of this "P" branch of physics that studies eensy little items
What are particles?
Fluid dynamics can be divided into hydrodynamics, the study of fluids in motion, & this study of gases in motion
What is aerodynamics?
If you are in tune with someone, you are said to be on the same this, a distance in physics
What is a wavelength?
When I swing a bucket of water, it doesn't spill, because of this force that pulls it in the center and keeps it from following its path of inertia
What is centripetal?
Shakespeare used this word for a tunnel made by an invertebrate; he didn't know it would come up in astrophysics
What is a wormhole?
In the late 19th century, scientists postulated that this travels in waves through what they called luminiferous ether
What is light?
In air at a temperature of 0 degrees Celsius, it travels approximately 330 metres per second
What is sound?
Alliterative term for the state of a body in midair acted on by nothing but gravity
In a magnet flux lines converge at these points
What are the poles?
Before -naut & -physics, it means "star"
What is astro?
The torr is equal to 1 mmHg, or the pressure exerted by 1 millimetre of this metal
What is mercury?
If an object floats, it displaces water equal to its mass; if it sinks, it displaces water equal to this
What is volume?
Named for the British physicist, Hawking radiation is a weak force emitted by these
What are black holes?
On 14 October 1992, particle detector inventor Georges Charpak became the last man in physics to achieve this honour alone
What is the Nobel Prize for Physics?