thermodynamics
What is the first law of thermodynamics?
Law of conservation of Mass
What is the fundamental principle of quantum mechanics that describes the behaviour of particles at the smallest scale?
Uncertainty Principle
What is the law that states the relationship between electric current and magnetic fields?
Ampère law
What is the phenomenon where light bends as it passes from one medium to another?
Refraction
What particle is known as the carrier of the electromagnetic force?
Photon
What is the measure of the disorder or randomness of a system?
Entropy
Which scientist is credited with the formulation of wave mechanics and equation of the wave motion in time?
Erwin Schrödinger
What is the phenomenon where a changing magnetic field creates an electric field?
Electromagnetic Induction
What law quantifies the angle of incidence and refraction for a light ray passing through different media?
Snell's law
Which particle is considered the fundamental building block of protons and neutrons?
Quark
What is the term for the energy required to change a substance from a solid to a liquid at its melting point?
Latent Heat of Fusion
In the context of quantum mechanics, what does the wave function represent?
The probability amplitude of a particle's position
Which scientist is known for formulating the four fundamental equations of electromagnetism?
James Clerk Maxwell
What is the term for the splitting of white light into its component colours?
Dispersion
What is the name of the particle that is the carrier of the weak nuclear force?
W and Z bosons
In a Carnot engine, what determines the maximum possible efficiency?
The temperatures of the heat reservoirs
What is the term for a quantum system that can exist in multiple states simultaneously until it is measured?
Superposition
What is the name of the fore experienced by a moving charge in a magnetic field?
Lorentz Force
A light ray strikes a mirror at an angle of 30 degrees to th normal. What is the angle of reflection?
30 degrees
In the Standard Model, which particle gives mass to the particles?
Higgs boson
The second law of thermodynamics: The entropy of a closed system will never .....
Decrease
What is the phenomenon where two or more particles become interconnected?
Quantum Entanglement
What law states the direction of an induced current opposes the change in magnetic field?
Lenz's law
What principle explains that every point on a wavefront is a source of the wavelet that spread out in the forward direction?
Huygen's principle
What is the antimatter counterpart of electron called?
Positron