The Solar System
Interstellar Spaceflight
Black Holes
Projectile Motion
Basic Physics
100
The shape of the planets' orbit.
What is an ellipse?
100
These two spacecraft are venturing into interstellar space.
What are Voyager and Pioneer.
100
Black holes derive their names from the fact that this can't escape their gravitational pull.
What is light.
100
A tiger leaps horizontally from a 7.5-m-high rock with a speed of 3.2 m s. The length from the base of the rock where she will land.
4 meters
100
This approach was devised to answer questions about the physical world.
What is the scientific method?
200
The largest planet in the Solar System.
What is Jupiter?
200
The star nearest to our Solar System.
What is Proxima Centauri.
200
When a large star has burnt all its fuel it explodes into this.
What is a supernova.
200
The time it takes for a ball to hit the ground if it was kicked at ground level with a speed of 18 m/s at angle of 38 degrees.
2.3 s
200
The scientific method consists of these three approaches.
What are observation, reason, and experiment.
300
Named after a Greek god of the underworld, this celestial body is now referred to as a Dwarf Body.
What is pluto.
300
The distance in light years to our nearest star (other than the sun).
What is 4.22 light years.
300
The remnants of large star explosions can collapse down to an extremely dense object known as this.
What is a neutron star.
300
A ball is thrown horizontally from the roof of a building 9.0 m tall and lands 9.5 m from the base. The ball’s initial speed.
7 meters
300
The basic purpose of theoretical physics.
What is to find the laws behind experiment.
400
Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune fall under these three classifications.
What are the giant, outer, and gas planets.
400
With our current technology is would take this long to reach our nearest star (other than the sun).
What is 17,000 years?
400
This force leads to the collapse of neutron stars.
What is gravity.
400
The maximum height of a football that is is kicked at an angle of 37 degrees with an initial velocity of 20 m/s.
7.35 m
400
Described as a tremendous amalgamation, these three natural phenomena were found to be three aspects of the same "field".
What are electricity, magnetism, and light.
500
These are the names of the eight official planets.
What are Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune.
500
3 potential propulsion technologies that might enable exploration beyond our solar system.
What are Antimatter, fusion and light sails.
500
This piece of equipment is used to detect black holes.
What is the radio telescope.
500
The time of travel before a ball hits the ground if it is kicked at an angle of 37 degrees with an initial velocity of 20 m/s.
2.45 seconds
500
The reason heat and all temperature effects can be represented by the laws of mechanics.
What is heat is produced by the motion of atoms.
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