Mechanics
E&M
Thermodynamics
(this is hard)
(this is hard)
Physicists
Name the Formula!
100
Newton's Three Laws
inertia
f=ma
equal opposite reaction
100
This is the phase difference between the electric and magnetic fields
What is 90 degrees
100
This is a state of disorder, randomness, or uncertainty
What is entropy?
100
This person is the only person to have won two Nobel Prizes in different science fields and is known for their work in radioactivity
Who is Marie Curie
100
F = GMm/r2
gravitational force
200
These are four different coordinate systems
What are the cartesian, polar, spherical, cylindrical, ellipsoidal, bipolar, etc. coordinate systems
200
This is why a compass always points North
What is because the Earth's magnetic field is South
200
This is the most efficient engine
What is a Carnot engine
200
This is the person who discovered radio pulsars
Who is Jocelyn Bell Burnell
200
E = mc2
Einstein's Mass-Energy Equivalence
300
This is the main finding from the Double Slit Experiment
What is the fact that light can act as a wave and a particle
300
The force found in electromagnetic waves
What is the Lorentz Force
300
These are three examples of thermodynamic functions of state
What are density, enthalpy, entropy, pressure, temperature, volume, Gibb's free energy, etc.
300
This physicist discovered the DNA double helix and worked in X-ray crystallography
Who is Rosalind Franklin?
300
Schrodinger's Equation
400
This is the associated wavelength of the particle when it acts like a wave
What is the de Broglie wavelength
400
A transformer functions only with these kinds of circuits
What is an alternating current (AC)
400
These are *three* Laws of Thermodynamics
1st Law of Thermodynamics - Energy cannot be created or destroyed.
2nd Law of Thermodynamics - For a spontaneous process, the entropy of the universe increases.
3rd Law of Thermodynamics - A perfect crystal at zero Kelvin has zero entropy.
400
This is the first American woman (and third woman overall) in space
Who is Sally Ride
400
L = T-U
Lagrangian
500
A particle with mass m and energy 0 has a time-independent wave function of
What is ψ(x) = Axe−x^2/L^2
500
These are Maxwell's Equations
500
The difference between a microcanonical, canonical, and grandcanonical ensemble
What is:
Microcanonical -- isolated/closed system
Canonical -- system with fixed number of particles and fixed volume but has thermal contact with a heat bath
Grandcanonical -- open system
500
This Australian particle physicist who was the Chair on the Board on Science Education of the National Academy of Sciences from 2009-2014.
Who is Helen Quinn?
500
𝜓(𝑟⃗)=(1/√2𝜋)3∫𝑘 space𝜙(𝑘⃗)𝑒𝑖𝐤⋅𝐫𝑑3𝑘
Fourier Transforms of position and momentum space in Quantum Mechanics