Famous Physicists
This physicist is famous for supposedly having an apple fall on his head
Sir Isaac Newton
The amount of push or pull acting on an object
Force
In the movie Flushed Away, Roddy the rat is flushed down a toilet, causing him to drown in a whirlpool of toilet water. This is an example of what AP Physics 1 concept?
Rotational Motion
What do fans increase to keep you cool when they're facing you?
Airflow
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Gravity
One of the most well known physicists. Contributing to our understanding of quantum mechanics and the theory of relativity, his name is used to describe influential figures in the field of science.
Albert Einstein
The point where all the mass of an object balances out
Center of mass
In Interstellar, one of Coop's children is named after a certain law in physics. What law is that?
Murphy's Law
A microwave heats food using this type of wave
Microwaves
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Energy
Known for his diagrams of the atom, this physicist's contributions to chemistry can be called anything but BORING. (Full name required)
Niels Bohr
The highest point in a wave
The crest
This metal, known for withstanding any force possible, is a perfect example of how superhero movies tend to exaggerate the strength of certain metals
Vibranium
What do black clothes absorb more of which leads to them making you hotter in the sun?
Radiation
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Electrons
The only physicist to have a commonly used constant (number) named after him
Euler
An objection in motion will stay in motion unless acted on by an external force
Newton's First Law
In Star Wars, the lightsaber comes in many colors. For colors to be found from light, the light must first shine through something. What is that object?
A Prism
This principle explains why airplanes can fly even though they're heavier than the air and should fall through the sky
Bernoulli's Principle
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Momentum
The first women to ever win the Nobel Prize in not one but two fields; Physics and Chemistry
Marie Curie
3* 10^8 m/s
Speed of Light
In Oppenheimer, the scientists are worried about the small chance that the bomb reacts with a certain element in the atmosphere, burning a hole through the ozone layer and lighting the whole earth on fire. What is this element?
Nitrogen
When driving too fast around a corner in the student parking lot, you feel a push outward form the car. What force is this an example of?
Centrifugal force
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Soundwave