Easy Physics
History of Physics
100

The force that makes objects fall to Earth

What is gravity?  

100

This famous physicist's name is used for the MKS unit of force

Who was Isaac Newton?  

200

"Optics" is the study of this

What is (the behavior of) 

light?  

200

This Italian was known for his Law of Falling Bodies, and for telescope discoveries of the phases of Venus and the largest moons of Jupiter

Who was Galileo Galilei? 

300

Kelvin and Celsius scales are used for measuring this physical quantity

What is temperature? 

300

In 1903, she became the first woman to receive a Nobel Prize

Who was Marie Curie?  

400

Einstein's most famous (short) equation

What is "E = mc2"? 

400

This American physicist oversaw the construction of the first atomic bombs at Los Alamos

Who was Robert Oppenheimer? 

500

The more of this an object has, the harder it is to change its velocity

What is inertia/mass?  

500

Erwin Schrödinger used this household pet in his analogy to describe the simultaneous superposition of two quantum states 

What is a cat?  

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