Terms and Definitions
Physicist Facts
Outside Knowledge
100

The shape formed by a projectile in motion.

What is a parabola?

100

Tycho Branho was doing this when he lost his nose.

What is sword dueling?
100

One kilogram is equal to around many pounds? (answer with 1 sig fig)

What is around 2lbs?

200

A physical quantity represented by a magnitude only.

What is a Scalar?

200

Gave Isaac Newton 'Rockstar Status'

What is a mirror telescope?

200

In what century was physics discovered?

What is the 4th century?

300

The stronger type of friction.

What is static friction?

300

The college that Isaac Newton went to.

What is Cambridge University?

300

Under normal conditions, around how fast does sound travel in meters per second? (answer with 1 sig fig)

What is around 300m/s?

400

This scientific instrument is often used to find deposits of natural resources, including oil.

What is a gravimeter?

400

The body part of Galileo that is on display in the Museum Galileo in Florence, Italy.

What is his middle finger?

400
Around how long does it take for light to travel from the sun to the earth?

What is Eight Minutes?

500

The name of the unit of force in the CGS (centimeter–gram–second) system.

What is a dyne?

500

The instrument that Galileo played.

What is a lute?

500

This Apollo mission was the last mission to the moon.

What is Apollo 17?

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