Gravity
The two names for the law which states that every object in the universe attracts every other object
What are the Universal Law of Gravitation and the Inverse Square Law
This is the primary cause of tides on the Earth's surface
What are differences in the moon's pull on opposite sides of the Earth?
The effect on gravity when the mass of one object is doubled.
What is doubled?
The change in velocity over change in time.
What is acceleration?
This scientist is responsible for developing the Universal Law of Gravitation
Who is Newton?
A direct relationship exists between these two variables in the Inverse Square Law
What are force and mass?
He remains the only baseball player elected unanimously to the Hall of Fame.
Who is Mariano Rivera?
The effect on gravity when both masses are doubled.
What is quadrupled (4x)?
The group of people born in the early 20th Century who were old enough to fight in World War II.
What is "The Greatest Generation"?
This scientist was sentenced to house arrest for his belief in the heliocentric (sun centered) theory. He also realized all things fall at the same rate.
Who is Galileo?
The value of the Universal Gravitation constant
What is 6.67 x 10^-11 Nm^2/kg^2?
This British Prime Minister escaped from prison in Pretoria and escaped via train to Lorenzo Marquez in the Boer War.
Who is Winston Churchill?
The effect on gravity when the radius is doubled.
What is 1/4 the original force of gravity?
The economic downturn that affected the industrial world lasted from 1929 to roughly 1939.
What is the "Great Depression"?
She was the first female scientist to win the Nobel Prize for Physics.
Who is Marie Curie?
The relationship between force and distance in the Universal Law of Gravitation
What is an inverse square relationship
This city manufactures roughly 90% of the world's disco balls.
What is Louisville, KY?
The variable that remains constant in the gravity equation.
What is G?
In math: numbers, symbols, and operators grouped together to show the value of something.
What is an expression?
This scientist appeared on the "Big Bang Theory" and is best known for his work on black hole theory.
Who Stephen Hawking?
The force of gravitational attraction acting between a 10.5 kg object and the Earth when the object is 8.3 x 10^7 m from the center of the Earth
What is 0.61 N?
Nicolas Cage has two sons: Weston and ____.
Who is Kal-El?
The effect on gravity when both masses are doubled and the radius is doubled.
What is it stays the same?
Words with the same sound are placed closely together.
What is alliteration?
This scientist had a golden nose.
Who is Tycho Brahe?