Physics
The particle that gives objects mass.
What is the Higgs Boson (aka the God Particle)?
The force of gravity decreases according to this mathematical law.
What is the inverse square law?
The first radioactive element discovered.
What is uranium?
The number that represents a baker's dozen.
What is 13?
The name of the strongest known magnets in the universe.
What are neutron stars/pulsars?
The three-word term used to describe periodic motion.
What is simple harmonic motion?
For a large part of a star's life, these two elements are most abundant in nuclear fusion.
What are hydrogen and helium?
The name of EM radiation that has wavelengths just a little shorter than visible light.
What is ultraviolet radiation?
This is what LIGO stands for.
What is the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory?
The term for an object's change in acceleration.
What is jerk?
The names of the four fundamental forces.
What is gravity, electromagnetic force, weak force, and nuclear (strong) force?
These galaxies are generally the largest and oldest kind.
What are elliptical galaxies?
This is the type of geometry of our Universe.
What is flat (Euclidean)?
The slowdown of production of this chemical in plants is what causes plants to change colors in the fall.
What is chlorophyll?
This particular pattern of number appears frequently in nature, in everything from flower petals to nautilus shells.
What is the Fibonacci sequence?
The first antiparticle to be discovered.
What is the positron?
This fundamental building block takes up 70 percent of the energy density of our universe.
What is dark energy?
The names of all 8 Ivy League schools.
What are Harvard, Princeton, UPenn, Columbia, Cornell, Brown, Dartmouth, and Yale?
The metric used to measure the weight of gemstones, with one part equal to 0.2 grams.
What is the carat?
The first number that contains the letter 'a' in its spelling.
What is 1000 (one-thousand)?
The name of the medium (two words) through which light was hypothesized to travel through. The Michelson-Morley experiment disproved the existence of this medium.
What is the luminiferous aether?
The event/phenomenon through which gravitational waves were first detected.
What is a binary black hole merger?
The name of the recently discovered quasi-moon of Earth.
What is 2025 PN7?
The Greek deity that is associated with the planet Venus.
Who is Aphrodite?
The author of the following quote: "If you think you understand quantum mechanics, you don't understand quantum mechanics."
Who is Richard Feynman?