Philosophy
Quantum Origins
Quantum mechanics
Special Relativity
Miscellaneous
100
This is the criterion that Karl Popper came up with to differentiate between science and pseudo-science.
What is the Falsification criterion?
100
What happens to the energy of a photon when the wavelength decreases?
Energy increases
100
The Schrodinger equation explains that the rate of change of the wave function will be largest where the shape of the wavefunction in space has the most...
curvature
100
Who ages less in the twin paradox? The twin on the rocket or the twin on Earth?
The twin on the rocket?
100
This was the name of the radiation that Planck studied that led him to believe that light comes in packets of energy called photons.
Blackbody radiation
200
This is why Wittgenstein's original claim in the Tractatus that "the only meaningful statements are those that form a picture of the world?" was problematic.
What is, "That claim is not a picture of the world."
200
If an electron gets ejected with a K=12eV from a metal of work function 9eV what was the incident photon energy?
21eV
200
This is an experiment that demonstrates the wavelike nature of electrons.
Double slit experiment
200
Event A happens at x=0, t=6 and event B happens at x=4, t=9
What is the spacetime interval between these events? (assume units where c=1)
25 (or 5 if you take root)
200
This is the more general version of Einstein's most famous formula.
E=(gamma)mc^2
300
These are two reasons some people think String Theory is NOT science.
What is , it isn't formulated precisely enough to make a prediction.
Even if it was, we don't have the technology to test those predictions.
It claims that there are other universes we can't interact with as explanation for constants.
300
If the energy levels of an atom are -3eV, -7eV, and -12eV, what are all the possible photon energies?
4eV, 5eV, 9eV
300
The square of the wavefunction gives this.
The probability (density) of finding the particle in that region.
300
Two people move past each other and both measure each others' clocks to be running slow. How is this possible?
They disagree on when events are simultaneous.
300
This is the thing in the DeBorglie Bohm theory that guides the particle to where it should go, and causes it to take such a weird path through space.
Pilot Wave
400
This is the main problem that many Linguists think is the reason that animals can't talk to each other.
What is the reliability problem?
400
An electron has a wavelength of 10nm when moving with a certain momentum. If the momentum of the electron is doubled, what is the new wavelength of the electron?
5nm
400
Name four interpretations of Quantum Mechanics.
Copenhagen, DeBroglie-Bohm, Ensemble, Many Worlds, Shut up and Calculate, Transactional, ....
400
These are the last names of the two people that first did the experiments to show that the speed of light does not depend on the speed of the observer.
Michelson and Morley
400
According to the person in the red reference frame, what does the clock at x=0 read when the red clock at x'=0 reads t'=3?
2 seconds
500
These are three of the main branches of philosophy.
What are Epistemology, Ethics, Ontology/Metaphysics, Logic, Aesthetics
500
A hypothetical atom has three electron energy levels. It is seen to emit photons only of energy 1eV, 5eV, 6eV. If the ground state of the atom is -20eV, what are the other two energy levels of the atom?
-14eV, -15eV, -20eV
500
What are three possible ways of conceptually dealing with the EPR paradox?
Accept that there are correlations with no physical mechanism between them, propose faster than light communication, no free will, wormholes, ...
500
These are the Lorentz transformations, and the definition of gamma.
Write them on the board.
...
500
According to the person in the black reference frame, what time does the clock at x=0 read, when the clock at x'=0 reads 3?
4.5