Physics History
600 years before Newton, Persian scientist Ibn Sīnā claimed that an object gained "mayl" when opposing its natural motion and that the object will stay in motion until the "mayl", a precursor to this physical concept, is spent.
What is inertia
The two female physics faculty members at UCF are leading a $35 million dollar mission to the Moon in 2026
Who are Dr. Kerri Donaldson Hanna and Dr. Addie Dove
The full name of the SURF program
What is Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship
According to Marvel, Bruce Banner weighs 128 pounds and the Hulk weighs 1150 pounds. His transformation breaks this conservation law
What is conservation of mass
The most abundant element in the universe
What is hydrogen
This Greek philosopher wrote the first "physics textbook"
Who is Aristotle
She was the first woman to earn the Nobel Prize in Physics
Who is Marie Curie
The first name of the faculty member in charge of the Mathematical Physics group
What/Who is Costas
In the movie Commando, Arnold Schwarzenegger should have been seriously injured due to this physics principle: https://youtu.be/HB1clLGlTkw?feature=shared&t=14
What is conservation of energy; what is impulse; what is inertia
The word “physics” comes from the Greek word “physikḗ” which means this
What is “science of nature” or “knowledge of nature”
The failure of this experiment in 1887 disproved the existence of the luminiferous ether
What is the Michelson-Morley experiment
The National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA), a precursor to NASA, hired women to perform mathematical calculations by hand, calling them by this name
What are computers
UCF has this many physics research areas
What is 8 (Atomic Molecular and Optical, Soft Condensed Matter & Biological, Quantum Information, Planetary, Mathematical, Physics Education, Condensed Matter, and Computational)
In G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra, the main characters blow up an underwater base, damaging the iceberg above. This physical impossibility ensues during this clip: https://youtu.be/XYumOva6Xr0?feature=shared&t=57
What is sinking ice
Laser is an acronym that stands for Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of _______
What is radiation
Called the "father of modern observational astronomy", "father of modern physics", and "father of science"
Who is Galileo
This many women have been in outer space
What is 72
The Pegasus Review is this type of organization
What is UCF Undergraduate Research Journal
What are two of the physical impossibilities in this Star Wars space battle: https://youtu.be/T5W3TJtYa2E?feature=shared&t=16
What is sound in space, visible lasers in space, fire in space, etc.
Hadrons are composite particles made up of two or more of these elementary particles
What are quarks
This Danish astronomer lost his nose in a duel and owned a pet moose
Who is Tycho Brahe
Willie Hobbs Moore became the first African American woman to earn a Ph.D. in physics during this year
1972
The meaning of the acronym CREOL
What is Center for Research and Education in Optics and Lasers
In Pixar’s Up, 20,622 balloons were animated during the liftoff scene. Assuming the mass of the house in Pixar’s Up is 45,000 kg and a single balloon filled with 1 cubic foot of helium has a net force of 0.3 N upwards, this order of magnitude of balloons would be necessary to lift the house
What is millions
In 1976, Composer Philip Glass wrote an opera about this physicist
Who is Albert Einstein