Famous Physicist
This physicist developed the theory of relativity and won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1921.
Who is Albert Einstein?
This is the force that pulls objects toward the center of the Earth.
gravity
This phenomenon occurs when light bounces off a surface, like when you see yourself in a mirror.
reflection
This form of energy is associated with motion
What is kinetic energy?
This is the basic unit of electric charge, named after a French physicist.
What is a coulomb?
Known for her work on radioactivity, this scientist was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize and the only person to win Nobel Prizes in two different sciences
Who is Marie Curie?
According to Newton's first law, an object at rest will stay at rest unless acted upon by this
external force
When white light passes through a prism, it separates into these seven colors
What is the visible spectrum (or rainbow)?
This form of energy is stored and depends on an object's position or condition
What is potential energy
Materials like copper and silver that allow electric current to flow easily are called this
What are conductors?
This English physicist formulated the three laws of motion and the law of universal gravitation
Who is Isaac Newton?
This type of force opposes motion and causes objects to slow down when sliding across surfaces.
friction
What is the speed of light in a vacuum
299,792,458 m/s
This law states that energy cannot be created or destroyed, only transformed from one form to another.
What is the conservation of energy?
This particle is the carrier of electric charge in wires.
electrons
This theoretical physicist is famous for his uncertainty principle and his contributions to quantum mechanics.
Who is Werner Heisenberg?
When you push against a wall, the wall pushes back with equal force.
This type of wave requires a medium to travel through, unlike electromagnetic waves.
What are sound waves (or mechanical waves)?
This is the transfer of heat through direct contact between objects
What is conduction?
The electric field around a point charge decreases with this power of distance.
What is the inverse square (1/r²)?
This physicist developed the theory of quantum electrodynamics and was known for his colorful personality and bongo playing.
Who is Richard Feynman?
This is the term for the tendency of an object to resist changes in its state of motion
inertia
This is the bending of light as it passes from one medium to another, causing a straw in water to appear bent.
What is refraction?
At this temperature, all molecular motion theoretically stops
What is absolute zero?
This effect is responsible for why your credit card strip can be erased by a strong magnet
What is electromagnetic induction (Faraday’s Law)?