Geometry
Famous Scientists
Careers in STEM
What's the Formula?
Physics Crossword Puzzle
100
The perimeter of a regular hexagon with a side length of 6.0 cm.
What is 36 cm?
100
This scientist is best known for his theories of General and Special Relativity.
Who is Albert Einstein?
100
This person might study Earth's natural processes, such as seafloor spreading.
What is a geologist?
100
The area of a circle
What is πr²?
100
Gives a magnitude and direction. (6 letters)
What is a vector?
200
A line that intersects two parallel lines creates this many pairs of congruent angles.
What is 4?
200
Her experiments with radium and polonium earned her the 1911 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
Who is Marie Curie?
200
Voltage = current x resistance might be a frequently used equation in this branch of engineering.
What is electrical engineering?
200
The volume of a cone
What is (1/3)πr²h?
200
The amount of time it takes for a radioactive material to decay 50% of its initial amount. (2 words, 8 letters)
What is half life?
300
The point (a,b) reflected over the x-axis will have these new coordinates.
What is (a, -b)?
300
The man credited with developing "Pasteurization" had this first name, also shared with a famous French king.
What is Louis?
300
Strings, variables, functions, and databases are jargon that's child's play to a person of this profession.
What is a computer programmer?
300
The formula for work done on an object (no angle)
What is force x distance?
300
The time it takes for a pendulum to complete a full swing. (6 letters)
What is period?
400
The area of the circle with the equation x^2 + y^2 = 100. (Round your answer to the nearest whole unit.)
What is 314?
400
Watson and Crick are credited with building a revolutionary model of this.
What is DNA?
400
An entomologist might bug you with their knowledge of these creatures.
What are insects?
400
The quadratic formula
What is -b +/- the square root of b² - 4ac all divided by 2a?
400
DAILY DOUBLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The area under an acceleration curve gives the total accumulation of this quantity. (8 letters)
What is velocity?
500
One of his equations states that the sum of a prism's vertices and edges is equal to 2 plus the number of the prism's faces.
Who is Euler?
500
Max Planck pioneered this scientific field in the early 20th century.
What is quantum physics?
500
British professor Andrew Wiles is world renowned in this STEM related field.
What is mathematics?
500
Sometimes referred to as "the mirror equation".
What is 1/p + 1/q = 1/f?
500
Also known as 4.19 Joules/gram. (4 words, 19 letters)
What is specific heat of water?
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