Equations
The equation for gravitational force on earth
What is F = mg?
Typically abbreviated to SHO
What is simple harmonic oscillator?
This is what is emitted by the hot metal filament in a cathode ray tube.
What are electrons?
This law is named after the physicist who first published it: V = IR
What is Ohm's Law?
These are the six types of quarks.
What are up, down, top, bottom, charm, and strange?
The unit for power
What is the watt?
Sound waves are typically this type of wave.
What is longitudinal?
If a rock is thrown straight upward, at the apex of its path its acceleration is
What is 9.81 m/s?
This famous physicist was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize, the first person to win the Nobel Prize twice, and is one of the only people to win the Nobel prize in two different fields.
Who is Marie Curie?
This is the strongest fundamental force in the universe.
What is the strong nuclear force?
According to Einstein's Theory of Special Relativity, this value is like a 'cosmic speed limit' for the universe.
What is 299,792,458 m / s?
This word describes the path a projectile will take through its flight.
In the case of a bow and arrow, energy is converted from this type to this type when the arrow is fired.
What is elastic potential and kinetic?
This physicist's equation describes the probability that an electron will be in a given location.
Who is Erwin Shrödinger?
LASER stands for this
What is light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation?
The velocity versus time graph for an object in free fall has a ____ slope (given that down is the positive direction)
What is constant or positive
A force applied such that it may affect the rotational behavior of an object
What is torque?
If a bowling ball and a basketball with the same shape and size are dropped from a height, the kinetic energy of the bowling ball will be ________ the kinetic energy of the basketball. (less than, greater than, equal to)
This astrophysicist discovered rotating neutron stars called pulsars.
Who is Jocelyn Bell?
This is the point in its orbit when a satellite is farthest from the body it's orbiting.
What is apogee?
(kg*m) / s^2 is equal to what unit
What is a Newton?
Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle states that you cannot know an electron's _____ and _____ at the same time
What is position and momentum?
As objects begin to approach the speed of light, they experience time and space differently in these two ways.
What are Time Dilation and Length Contraction?
This scientist was the first to discover the neutron in 1932.
Who is James Chadwick?
This was the year Society of Physics Students was founded nationally.
What is 1968?