Famous Physicists
Classical Physics
Quantum
Units & Constants
Forces
100
His law explains how force relates to mass and acceleration
Who is Isaac Newton?
100
Light travels in a straight line at a constant speed of 300,000 m/s. What is its acceleration?
What is 0 m/s?
100
These tiny packets of light behave like both waves and particles.
What are photons?
100
The unit of time.
What is seconds?
100
This force is the opposite of gravity in space launches.
What is thrust?
200
He invented the equation to unify mass and energy.
Who is Albert Einstein?
200
This law states that for every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction.
What is Newton’s Third Law?
200
This famous cat is both dead and alive in quantum theory.
What is Schrodinger's cat?
200
This constant g is the acceleration due to gravity on Earth.
What is 9.8 m/s^2?
200
The force that holds electrons in orbit around a nucleus.
What is electromagnetic force?
300
She isolated polonium and radium, and was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize.
Who is Marie Curie?
300
An object in motion stays in motion—unless acted on by this.
What is an external force?
300
This principle says you can’t know both the position and momentum of a particle exactly.
What is the Heisenberg Uncertainty principle?
300
The unit of temperature.
What is Kelvin (K)?
300
This force keeps protons together inside the atomic nucleus.
What is strong nuclear force?
400
He invented the uncertainty principle.
Who is Werner Heisenberg?
400
The formula for work.
What is force x displacement? or What is Fcos(θ)d?
400
The name for particles that make up light, electrons, and atoms.
What are quantum particles?
400
This symbol h represents what constant in quantum physics.
What is Planck's constant?
400
The weakest of the four fundamental forces.
What is gravity?
500
This physicist introduced the idea of quantum energy levels in atoms.
Who is Niels Bohr?
500
The equation: M=E−esinE.
What is Kepler's equation?
500
This phenomenon allows particles to be connected across space instantly.
What is quantum entanglement?
500
The unit for measuring electric current.
What is an ampere?
500
This force is responsible for radioactive decay.
What is the weak nuclear force?