STARS IN YOUR EYES
These are formed when enough dust and gas is pulled together in space
What is a star?
This ancient Greek famously yelled out “Eureka!” when he perfected the concept of density
Who is Archimedes?
Ionisation energy is the amount of energy required to remove one of these from an atom
What is an electron?
Two things used to find impulse are force and
What is time?
This occurs when the incident angle is greater than the critical angle
What is total internal reflection?
The early universe contained only this type of element
What is hydrogen?
This giant of modern physics was diagnosed with ALS as a graduate student at Cambridge
Who is Stephen Hawking?
You get a “C” for knowing that the decay of isotopes of this element helps determines the age of very old plants
What is carbon?
An object with momentum must have velocity and
What is mass?
For developing wireless telegraphy, Guglielmo Marconi won a Nobel Prize in this field
What is Physics?
A star at the very start of its life cycle is called this
What is a protostar?
This Swede’s original scale had water’s boiling point at 0 degrees and its freezing point at 100
Who is Anders Celsius?
The Van de Graff generator is a type of this, just like the Large Hadron Collider
What is a particle accelerator?
If the velocity of an object doubles, the momentum also
What is doubles?
The power of 10 for nano is
What is -9?
When a star is stable, it’s in this sequence
What is main?
This Rome-born physicist designed the first nuclear reactor
Who is Enrico Fermi?
The strong force binds these subatomic particles into protons and neutrons
What are quarks?
In physics, the most common symbol for momentum
What is P?
Developed in the early 1900’s, this enclosure is used to study the paths of particles as vapour condenses around them
What is a cloud chamber?
The explosion of a very large star, after it has been a red super giant
What is a supernova?
Nima Arkani-Hamed is using this number dimension, the next one beyond time, to rock the physics world
What is the fifth dimension?
An EMP or electromagnetic this was first noticed in the U.S. when electronics quit working after nuclear tests
What is a pulse?
The impulse of a 25 N force applied for 3 seconds is
What is 75 N/s?
In particle physics, this theory, the G.U.T., attempts to merge the strong force with the electroweak force
What is the Grand Unified Theory?