General Physics 1 and 2
What is acceleration due to gravity?
-9.81 m/s^2
In what situations do we expect the effect of special relativity to be significant?
when speeds become comparable to the speed of light
Schrödinger’s cat is a thought experiment dealing with which type of physics?
Where did Dr. Oswald obtain his PhD from?
The University of Toledo
What type of galaxy is our Milky Way?
A spiral galaxy
An elastic collision conserves energy
What are the four basic forces of the universe?
Strong, weak, electromagnetic, and gravitational
Who came up with the theories of General and Special relativity?
Albert Einstein
Where Dr. Chen did his Post-Doc
Argonne National Lab
What is the ultimate fate of our sun?
White dawrf
What is the charge of an electron? (In coulombs)
1.602 × 10-19 coulomb
Who first described "energy quanta" (and won the Nobel Prize in 1918 for his role in the foundation of quantum theory)?
Max Planck
What country claimed to have developed a cold superconductor?
South Korea
Which Staff Member recently X-rayed an atom?
Dr. Hla
Who first proposed that the galaxy was expanding?
Hubble
Classical mechanics refers to studying how things move according to _______
Newton's Laws
Why does length contraction occur?
Velocities are not the same in different frames of references.
What was the name of the atomic bomb test in the Manhattan Project?
The Trinity
This professor has a page on their website for Amphibians
Dr. Brune
The final stage for the most massive stars is either a massive explosion known as a supernova or gravitational collapse into a …
Black hole
What does "LASER" stand for?
Light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation
How many Volts does an electric eel produce?
about 500
Who was the youngest person to win a nobel prize in physics?
William Bragg
Dr. Ingram
Which is the Kepler space telescope famous for discovering?
Earth-like planets