Fun with Forces
Newton's second law states that
F=ma
Katy Perry infamously asked this man, "Is math related to science?"
Neil deGrasse Tyson
This property of a sound wave is most directly related to its pitch.
Frequency (or wavelength).
In this movie, Kevin McCallister uses physics to thwart the plans of a couple robbers.
Home Alone
An object with no net force acting on it is in ______.
Equilibrium (or dynamic equilibrium).
This scientist developed his most famous theory while he was working as a patent clerk.
Albert Einstein
This is what SHO stands for (in the context of vibrations).
Simple harmonic oscillator
Water turns into snow at this temperature.
32 degrees Fahrenheit, 0 degrees Celcius, or 273.15 Kelvin.
This is the rotational analog of froce.
Torque
When this scientist was asked to add up the first 100 integers as a child, he finished his task in seconds by developing a formula for an arithmetic series.
Carl Friedrich Gauss
Sound moves fastest in this state of mater.
Solid
When the Grinch tried to steal Christmas, he noticed that the tree was far too heavy for him to carry on his own. So, he decided to use a simple machine to help him. Name any of the 6 basic simple machines.
Lever, pulley, screw, wedge, wheel and axle, or inclined plane.
The four fundamental forces are gravity, the strong nuclear force, the weak nuclear force, and this.
This physicist was not only a pioneer of quantum electrodynamics but also great at playing the bongos.
Richard Feynman
This is the loudest natural event on Earth.
An erupting volcano
Earth is closest to the sun in this month.
January