Phun Physics Phacts
Making Waves
5 Letter Physics
100
A charged atom, with unequal numbers of electrons and protons
What is an ion.
100
This explains a sound being high pitched on approach, and lower pitch on its departure.
What is the Doppler effect.
100
A visual representation of data.
What is a graph.
200
This was built under a squash court at the University of Chicago in 1939.
What is a nuclear reactor.
200
Number of waves that pass through a point in one second.
What is frequency.
200
An elementary particle or a Ferengi bartender.
What is a quark.
300
This radioactive element is extracted from carnotite and pitchblende.
What is uranium.
300
The product of frequency and wavelength of a wave.
What is its velocity.
300
The rate at which work is performed.
What is power.
400
This American physicist pioneered the the theory of black holes in 1939.
Who is J. Robert Oppenheimer.
400
This is equal to 1 kg·m^2/s^2
What is a joule.
500
The theory of physics that proposes that energy is not transferred continuously but in discrete amounts
What is quantum theory.
500
This was the shape of Michelson’s rotating mirror used to determine the speed of light.
What is an octagon.
500
Acronym for light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation.
What is laser.
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