Physics?
Icebreakers
Physics?
Folks
Physics team
100

Why does a feather fall slower than an anvil? 

Air resistance. 
100

Name one person in your group.

Depends.

100

What force does the frictional force depend on?

The normal force. 

100

Which famous physicist is known as "the father of light?"

James Clerk Maxwell

100

Who is the chief culinary officer of Physics team? 

Madelyn 

200

What is the answer to like, the universe, and everything?

42

200

Find someone who has broken a bone (either their own or someone else's) and report it 

Depends.

200

What is Newton's third law?

Every action has an equal and opposite reaction

200

Name a famous physicist associated with the discovery of the speed of light. 

Albert A. Michelson or Edward W. Morley

200

Who are the presidents of physics team 

Jack and Vidya
300

Who wrote "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn?" 

Mark Twain

300

Name a freshman in this room

???

300

Who is the physics team mascot

Phyllis the Physics Phrog 

300

Which famous physicist enjoys using hypotheticals about dead cats to explain Quantum Mechanics? 


Erwin Schrödinger





300
What is a defining quality of a good leader? Name any. 

integrity, communication, vision, and the ability to empower and motivate their team.

400

What is the point of no return on a black hole called?

The event horizon. 

400

Who is the oldest person in your group? 

???

400

Water flows through a pipe with a radius of 5 cm at a velocity of 10 cm/s before entering a narrower section of pipe with a radius of 2.5 cm. What is the difference in the speed of water between the two pipes?

30 cm/s

400

Who is credited with providing a theoretical explanation of Brownian motion? 

Albert Einstein

400

When was physics team established?

2024 

500

Why do you feel heavier when going up in an accelerating elevator than when going down at the same magnitude of acceleration?

Your perception of heaviness is dictated by the upward normal force from the floor of the elevator. On the way up, the normal force has to counter your weight to allow you to accelerate, so it is larger, leading to an impression of being heavier, whereas on the way down it subtracts from your weight. 
500

Does the mass of a person on a swing affect how long it takes them to swing back and forth? Why or why not?

It does not. The period of a pendulum does not depend on the mass.

500
When does conservation of momentum hold true for an isolated system?

Always

500

Which nobel-prize winning Physicist was called Manya by their closest friends?

Marie Curie 

500

What makes physics team unique compared to the other academic clubs at Wheeler?

- We provide FOOD 

- We combine a problem, discussion, and activity based approaches to learning

- We are better

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