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Holiday Physics
100

Newton's second law states that

F=ma

100

Katy Perry infamously asked this man, "Is math related to science?"

Neil deGrasse Tyson

100

This property of a sound wave is most directly related to its pitch.

Frequency (or wavelength).

100

In this movie, Kevin McCallister uses physics to thwart the plans of a couple robbers.

Home Alone

200

An object with no net force acting on it is in ______.

Equilibrium (or dynamic equilibrium).

200

This scientist developed his most famous theory while he was working as a patent clerk.

Albert Einstein

200

This is what SHO stands for (in the context of vibrations).

Simple harmonic oscillator

200

Water turns into snow at this temperature.

32 degrees Fahrenheit, 0 degrees Celcius, or 273.15 Kelvin.

300

This is the rotational analog of froce.

Torque

300

When this scientist was asked to add up the first 100 integers as a child, he finished his task in seconds by developing a formula for an arithmetic series.

Carl Friedrich Gauss

300

Sound moves fastest in this state of mater.

Solid

300

When the Grinch tried to steal Christmas, he noticed that the tree was far too heavy for him to carry on his own. So, he decided to use a simple machine to help him. Name any of the 6 basic simple machines.

Lever, pulley, screw, wedge, wheel and axle, or inclined plane.

400

The four fundamental forces are gravity, the strong nuclear force, the weak nuclear force, and this.

Electromagnetic Force
400

This physicist was not only a pioneer of quantum electrodynamics but also great at playing the bongos.

Richard Feynman

400

This is the loudest natural event on Earth.

An erupting volcano

400

Earth is closest to the sun in this month.

January

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