Old, Dead White Men (famous physicists)
Astronomy
Equations
Units
Misc.
100

He is what we know as the atomic model.

Who is Niels Bohr?

100

Located between Mars and Jupiter.

What is the asteroid belt?

100

F = ma

What is Newton's Second Law?

100

Some may say this is the velocity per unit of time.

What is m/s^2 (acceleration)?

100

These values have a magnitude but no direction.

What are scalar values?

200

Most well-known for the theory of relativity, this physicist created the mass-energy equivalence formula.

Who is Einstein?

200

This mission landed man on the moon.

What is Apollo 11.
200

The spring constant is commonly represented by this variable.

What is k?

200

A newton can be rewritten as this in SI

What is kg*m/s^2 ?

200

X,Y or I,J for example.

What are coordinate planes?

300

This man states that planets have an ellipse orbit about the sun.

Who is Kepler?

300

Accounts for approximately 85% of the matter in the universe.

What is dark matter?

300
L = Iw

What is angular momentum?

300

The power from a current of 1 ampere through 1 volt

What is Watts?

300

When two objects have the same mass, their center of gravity is located at this position.

Where is halfway between them?

400

His equation describes the probability that an electron will be in a given location.

Who is Schrodinger?
400

This is the term used to describe a star that has stabilized.

What is a main sequence star?

400

This value can be found using KE(final) - KE(initial).

What is work?

400

A Newton-meter measures this applied force.

What is torque?

400

This value is like a cosmic speed limit for the universe, according to Einstein.

What is the speed of light in vacuum?

500

He lost his nose to a sword duel in 1566 but still had time to witness the 1572 supernova.

Who is Tycho Brahe?

500

The fourth largest moon in our solar system with over 400 active volcanoes.

What is Io?

500

A group of equations of 4 separate laws which describe the interaction between electric and magnetic fields.

What are Maxwell’s equations?

500

SI Units of capacitance

What is Farad(F)?

500

Most magnets are examples of magnetic ___.

What are dipoles?

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