PHYSICS CLASS
In his "Principia", Newton laid out his foundational 3 laws of this as related to the effects of force & mass
Motion
The lifespan of the radioactive isotope thorium-232, referred to as this, is about 14 billion years
Half-life
Total number of known planets in our solar system multiplied by the number of moons around the Earth
9 (9 * 1)
A universal constant of gravitation is named for this 17th & 18th century man
Newton
This technology transmits information as tiny pulses of light through thin transparent wires
Fiber optics
Produced in the disintegration of radioactive atomic nuclei, these rays have the shortest wavelength & highest energy
Gamma
Atomic number 27, it's used in EV batteries & when mixed with alumina, it's a brilliant blue
Cobalt
Number of sides on a decagon divided by the number of sides on a pentagon
2 (10 / 5)
A space telescope & a constant of the universe's expansion are named for this man
Hubble
This visual effect with a portmanteau name was used in a Kendrick Lamar music video where K. Dot's face morphs into Kobe Bryant's
Deepfake
It's the type of acceleration of a body traveling in a circular motion; the same-named "force" is directed towards the circle's center
Centripetal
In batteries & electrolytic cells, this electrode is the opposite of an anode
Cathode
Total number of U.S. states times the number of non-contiguous U.S. states
100 (50 * 2)
In finance, Napier's constant is helpful in understanding the compound type of this
Interest
OpenAI, which developed ChatGPT, also came up with the AI tech used by this Microsoft search engine
Bing
This 4-letter property is the angular momentum associated with a subatomic particle
Spin
This type of chemical bond is also called electrovalent
Ionic
Number of face cards in a standard deck of playing cards divided by the number of aces
3 (12 / 4)
The fundamental constant of quantum physics is named for this German who originated the quantum theory
Max Planck
This Elon Musk company says it aims "to design a fully implantable, cosmetically invisible brain-computer interface"
Neuralink
Einstein described this man's work on the structure of the atom as "the highest form of musicality in the sphere of thought"
Bohr
Saponification, or the hydrolysis of a fat by an alkali, is the not-so-squeaky-clean process of making this
Soap
The number of fingers on a basketball team's starting five multiplied by their eyes
500 (50 fingers x 10 eyes)
Per Viswanath's constant, if you randomize this number sequence named for a 13th c. Italian, it'll still follow a pattern
Fibonacci
After launching this text-based app, Mark Zuckerberg took to Twitter & posted the meme of Spider-Men pointing at each other