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100

What quantity is mass × velocity?

What is momentum?

100

What is the unit of electric current?

What is the ampere (Amp)?

100

Who developed the theory of relativity?

Who is Albert Einstein?

100

Who discovered the laws of motion?

Who is Isaac Newton?

100

What device uses gravity to keep time?

What is a pendulum?

200

What’s Newton’s 2nd Law of Motion?

What is F = ma?

200

What is the flow of electric charge called?

What is electric current?

200

What equation represents mass-energy equivalence?

What is E = mc²?

200

Who is known for his work on electromagnetism and developed Maxwell’s equations?

Who is James Clerk Maxwell?

200

Why does a balloon stick to the wall after rubbing it on your hair?

What is static electricity?

300

What kind of energy is stored due to an object’s position?

What is potential energy?

300

Which particle carries a negative charge?

What is the electron?

300

What’s the name of the particle with no mass and no charge that mediates the electromagnetic force?

What is the photon?

300

Who discovered radioactivity?

Who is Marie Curie?

300

Why do your ears pop when going up a mountain?

What is a change in air pressure?

400

What is the acceleration due to gravity on Earth?

What is 9.8 m/s²?

400

What do you call the force between two charged objects?

What is electrostatic force?

400

What principle says you can’t know both a particle’s position and momentum exactly?

What is the Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle?

400

Who formulated the principle of buoyancy?

Who is Archimedes?

400

Why does ice float in water?

Because it’s less dense than water.

500

What force opposes motion between two surfaces?

What is friction?

500

What rule determines the direction of the magnetic field around a current?

What is the right-hand rule?

500

What’s the effect where light ejects electrons from metal surfaces?

What is the photoelectric effect?

500

Who is known for quantum mechanics and wave functions?

Who is Erwin Schrödinger?

500

Why does wearing a seatbelt help in a car crash?

It reduces force by increasing time (impulse).