Lights and Lasers
How many colours does a rainbow contain?
7(red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo and violet)
What is a black hole?
A region in space with gravity so strong that nothing, not even light, can escape.
What is the powerhouse of the cell?
The mitochondrion.
What is the Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle?
It states that it is impossible to simultaneously know the exact position and momentum of a particle.
What is the name of my mentor?
Jacob Burgess
Name three areas on the light spectrum?
Radio, microwave, infrared, visible, ultraviolet, x-ray, and gamma-ray radiation
What happens to time near a black hole?
Time slows down significantly due to the intense gravitational field.
What is the process by which plants convert sunlight into chemical energy?
Photosynthesis.
What is the Chandrasekhar limit?
The maximum mass (~1.4 solar masses) a white dwarf star can have before it collapses into a neutron star or black hole
In history, who was the first president of the United States?
George Washington.
Where is THz light on the light spectrum?
Between Infrared and Microwave/Radio
What is a singularity?
The point at the center of a black hole where density is infinite and the laws of physics break down.
What is the primary gas found in Earth's atmosphere?
Nitrogen.
What is the significance of the Higgs boson in particle physics?
It is responsible for giving particles their mass through the Higgs mechanism in the Standard Model.
If you dropped a penny off the empire state build, could it kill someone?
No, a penny is too same to gain enough speed as it hits terminal velocity to quickly.
There is linear polarization but what is the other type?
Circular polariztion
What is Hawking radiation?
Theoretical radiation emitted by black holes due to quantum effects near the event horizon.
What is the most abundant element in the universe?
Hydrogen.
What is dark matter, and what evidence supports its existence?
Dark matter is a hypothetical form of matter that does not emit, absorb, or reflect light, making it invisible and detectable only through its gravitational effects. Evidence for its existence comes from observations of galactic rotation curves, gravitational lensing, and the cosmic microwave background radiation.
What are the cells inside your brain called?
Neurons.
Light can reflection off something to become polarized but what other things can it do to become polarized?
Refraction, and total internal reflection.
What is the information paradox associated with black holes, and why is it significant? (1.5x points because I feel bad)
The black hole information paradox arises from the conflict between general relativity and quantum mechanics. It questions whether information that falls into a black hole is lost forever, which would violate the principle of quantum mechanics that information must be conserved. This paradox is significant because resolving it could lead to a deeper understanding of the fundamental laws of physics and the nature of quantum gravity.
What is the name of the theoretical framework that combines general relativity and quantum mechanics, and attempts to explain the behavior of black holes and the early universe? (Daliy Double 2x points)
String theory.
What is my full name?
Avnoor Singh Dhaliwal
When is my Birthday?
2 October, 2007