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Aerodynamic Forces
Newton's Laws
Rocketry
Space and Time
Miscellaneous
100
What force pulls objects towards the center of the Earth?
What is gravity.
100
Who is honored with developing some of the most important physical laws in the 17th century?
Who is Sir Isaac Newton.
100
What part of a rocket slices through air and limits drag?
What is a nose cone.
100
What is the particle scientists found to travel faster than the speed of light?
What is the neutrino.
100
What is the generally accepted speed of light?
3x10^8 m/s or 300,000,000 m/s.
200
Which force opposes gravity?
What is lift.
200
What is Newton's first law of motion?
What is the law of inertia. An object at rest will stay at rest until acted on by an outside force...
200
What is the term for a rockets maximum height?
What is apogee.
200
Who developed the theory of space-time?
Who is Albert Einstein.
200
What is invisible space that does not allow light to escape?
What is dark matter.
300
What variable is gravity dependent upon?
What is mass.
300
What is Newton's second law of motion?
What is F=ma.
300
What law governs a rocket launch?
What is Newton's Third Law. Every action has an equal and opposite reaction.
300
Is the universe expanding or contracting?
What is expanding.
300
Which greek philosopher developed the first major scientific paradigm?
Who is Aristotle.
400
What is the force that opposes thrust?
What is drag.
400
What is Newton's third law of motion?
What is, every action has an equal and opposite reaction.
400
What is impulse?
What is the momentum of a rocket, or a force exerted through time.
400
What physics paradigm explains space time and the microscopic world?
What is quantum mechanics, or quantum physics.
400
What controversial theory is claimed to link the microscopic and macroscopic theories?
What is the string theory.
500
What is the density of the fluid that a plane travels through?
What is the density of air. 1.2 kg/m^3
500
What do some scientist consider to be Newton's fourth law?
What is the law of gravitation.
500
What Newtonian law governs thrust?
What is Newtons second law. F=ma.
500
What type of radiation is light?
What is electromagnetic radiation.
500
What is the subatomic component of a proton?
What is a quark.