General Knowledge
This equation describes the relationship between mass, force, and acceleration.
What is F = ma?
This force is responsible for pulling objects down.
What is gravity?
This is the smallest planet in our solar system.
What is Mercury?
This scientist founded the Three Laws of Motion.
Who is Isaac Newton?
The standard unit for measuring time
What is a second?
The value of acceleration due to gravity
What is -9.81 m/s^2
This type of force is found when two objects slide against each other.
What is friction?
All the planets in our solar system except for Earth are named after these.
What are Roman Gods?
These two scientists are famous for their combined model of the atom.
Who are Bohr and Rutherford?
The standard unit for measuring weight
What is a kilogram?
This type of lense magnifies an image.
What is a convex lens?
This force opposes the motion of objects in flight, but is often a negligible amount.
What is air resistance?
This is created by a star collapsing in on itself.
What is a black hole?
This scientist is famous for a thought experiment involving a cat.
Who is Schrodinger?
The unit used to measure work
What are joules?
This is the quality that causes objects to resist changes to their motion.
What is inertia?
This force acts against gravity, keeping objects stationary rather than allowing gravity to keep pulling them down.
What is the normal force?
This is the closest spiral galaxy to the Milky Way.
What is Andromeda?
This Italian scientist was famous for his work in astronomy, and is regarded as the Father of the Scientific Method.
Who was Galileo?
The unit for measuring pressure
What is a pascal/kilopascal?
The ___-_______ duality of light suggests that light particles have the characteristics of these two things.
What is a wave and a particle?
These are the four forces acting on an airplane.
What are lift, drag, weight, and thrust?
These two planets in our solar system are composed mostly of hydrogen and helium.
What are Jupiter and Saturn?
This was the first woman to be awarded a Nobel prize, for her work with radiation.
Who was Marie Curie?
The unit used to measure frequency
What is a hertz?