Physics basics
What is the SI unit of force?
Newton
Who formulated the three laws of motion?
Isaac Newton
What particle carries the electromagnetic force?
Photon
What does CERN stand for in English?
European Organization for Nuclear Research
Teacher for physics club
Ms. Lee
What quantity is measured in Joules?
Energy
Who developed the theory of relativity?
Albert Einstein
What two types of quarks make up a proton?
Two up quarks and one down quark
What is the name of CERN's largest particle accelerator?
Large Hadron Collider
Founding father of physics club
Ben Hersch
What is Newton's First Law also called?
Law of Inertia
Who was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize?
Marie Curie
Which particle was discovered at CERN in 2012 and completed the Standard Model?
Higgs Boson
In the LHC, particles are accelerated to speeds very close to what universal constant?
The speed of light
OLD VP OF PHYSICS CLUB
Cameron Lopez
A net force of 20 N acts on a 4 kg object. What is its acceleration?
5 m/s²
Who is known for the uncertainty principle?
Werner Heisenberg
What force is responsible for holding quarks together inside protons and neutrons?
Strong Nuclear Force
What detector at CERN is famous for helping discover the Higgs boson alongside CMS?
ATLAS
Which club meeting had the best attendance?
our very first one of this year
A photon doubles in frequency. What happens to its energy?
It doubles.
Which scientist discovered radioactivity?
Henri Becquerel
Name all six flavors of quarks.
Up, Down, Charm, Strange, Top, Bottom
Which fundamental particle is responsible for giving other elementary particles mass through its associated field?
Higgs Boson
Who organized the meeting about batterys
Brendan Lawlor