Atoms and Matter
Subatomic Particles
Quantum Physics
Applications and Trivia
The Basics
100

The center of the Atom, it is made out of Protons and Neutrons.

What is the Nucleus?

100

The model that describes almost every known particle and fundamental force except gravity.

What is the standard model?

100

The quantum effect that can lead to particles travelling through a solid barrier.

What is quantum tunneling?

100

The alternative of the bit in quantum computers. It can be in a superposition of being on and off.

What is a qubit?

100
A part of physics that deals with very small phenomena, it often tries to quantize these.

What is quantum mechanics?

200

Oftentimes called the 4th phase of matter, this phase of matter is made out of superheated or ionically charged gas.

What is plasma?

200

The type of subatomic particle that is made out of 2 or more quarks.

What is a hadron?

200

The quantum effect that can freeze a particle's quantum state.

What is the quantum zeno effect?
200

The company that created the first quantum computer that has, according to this company, achieved quantum supremacy.

What is google?

200

A particle and this make a up a namesake duality, established by the double slit experiment.

What is a wave?

300

Fields that a negatively charged particle has a high probability of being located while orbiting the nucleus.

What are electron clouds?

300

The fundamental force carried by the photon. This force is responsible for light and most of the modern world.

What is the electro-magnetic force?

300

The quantum effect that gave Einstein his nobel prize. This quantum effect relates light and electrons coming out of their shells.

What is the photoelectric effect?

300

The only woman at the Solvay Conference, she was awarded a Nobel Prize in both physics and chemistry.

Who is Marie Curie?

300
According to the thor movies, the bifrost is one these structures that connect two very far away points in space time by cutting through the fourth dimension.

What is a wormhole?

400

When a material experiences 0 viscosity, resistance to flow.

What is superfluidity?

400

The subatomic particle that does not interact with almost anything.

What is a neutrino?

400

Called "spooky action at a distance" by Einstein, this quantum effect connects the quantum states of two particles regardless of distance.

What is quantum entanglement?

400

The process that keeps data secret. Often is achieved by multiplying two very large prime numbers, quantum computers are feared to be able to undo it with ease.

What is encryption?

400

According to this theory, every observation creates another multiple universes where each outcome occurred, meaning one version of you got an A on that math test at least.

What is the Many Worlds Theory?

500

The type of motion that governs how particles will move in a fluid.

What is Brownian Motion?

500

The subatomic particles that carry the weak force.

What are gauge bosons?

500

The release of radiation from a material that doesn't reflect any light, this effect started the development of quantum mechanics.

What is black body radiation?

500

A science fiction show that takes place after humanity is post-scarcity. When the characters of this show teleport back to their ship, they often say "beam me up scotty!"

What is Star Trek?

500

The goal of achieving on these theories is to unify all fundamental forces and thus perfectly describe physics using one system.

What is a theory of everything?

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