General
Amp(ere)s
Which German physicist discovered the theory of relativity?
Albert Einstein
What is the rate of change of velocity with respect to time?
Acceleration
What intrinsic quantity will determine the strength of an object's electric field?
What theory of physics is best suited to describe small particles such as electrons and protons?
Quantum mechanics
What property of water allows a water strider to walk on water?
Surface tension
Which American physicist helped develop the atomic bomb?
Robert Oppenheimer
What quantity is conserved in an inelastic collision?
Momentum
What is Ohm's Law?
Voltage = current x resistance
What experiment showed that the nucleus was extremely small inside an atom?
Rutherford's gold foil experiment
What object is found in the center of most galaxies?
(Supermassive) black hole
Which Serbian physicist invented alternating current?
Nikola Tesla
In what type of motion is a particle under the potential x^2?
Simple harmonic
What circuit element stores energy through a magnetic field?
Inductor
What theory of physics arises from the combination of quantum mechanics and relativity?
Quantum field theory
Who were the 2 people awarded the 2024 Nobel Prize in Physics?
John J. Hopfield & Geoffrey E. Hinton
To whose name is the first comprehensive equation of quantum mechanics attached?
Erwin Schrödinger
A gyroscope stays spinning because of what principle?
Conservation of angular momentum
What equations describe the relationship between electric and magnetic fields?
Maxwell's Equations
The curvature of what 4-dimensional manifold produces the effects that we know as gravitation?
What was the 2024 Nobel Prize in Physics awarded for?
Discoveries that enable machine learning
To whose name is the last, "mass-giving" particle added to the Standard Model attached?
Peter Higgs
What physical quantity does a particle's path under a potential function minimize?
Action
What law states that the direction of current formed by changing magnetic flux will oppose a magnetic field?
Lenz's Law
What is the carrier particle of the strong nuclear force?
Gluon