Of Newton's 3 Laws of Motion, this one is also called the Law of Action & Reaction
What is Newton's 3rd Law?
When it comes to magnetic poles, "_____ attract" is the phrase to remember
What are opposites?
The planet that is closest to our Sun
What is Mercury?
The three particles that make up atoms are protons, electrons, and these
What are neutrons?
At sea level, these waves travel through the air approx. 1 mile every 5 seconds
What are sound waves?
In m/s2, the approx. numerical value of g near the surface of Earth
What is 9.8?
If +1 represents the electric charge on a proton, this is the charge on an electron
What is -1?
Our Sun is one of the 1011 stars in this galaxy
What is the Milky Way Galaxy?
This particle of light has no mass, but it does have momentum!
What is a photon?
Hertz are the units commonly used for this physical quantity
What is frequency?
The name for the rate that energy is delivered, per unit of time
What is Power?
The MKS unit of magnetic field strength
What is a Tesla?
The names of the four planets in our Solar System that have rings
What are Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune?
These sub-particles come in six flavors, including "strange" and "charm"
What are quarks?
When two waves superimpose and amplify each other, they demonstrate this type of interference
What is constructive interference?
Mechanical Work is equal to force times this
What is displacement? (times cosine(theta))
When two 10-volt batteries are connected in series, this is their equivalent voltage
What is 20 volts?
The escape-velocity boundary around a black hole from which even light cannot emerge
What is the event horizon?
The anti-particle for an electron
What is a positron?
Ripples traveling through the fabric of space-time
What are gravitational waves?
The force of friction depends on this other force
What is the normal force?
This mono-dextrous rule is commonly used to predict a charge's path in a magnetic field
What is the Right-Hand Rule?
In Oct. 2024, Tsuchinshan-ATLAS was visible in the evening sky as a bright example of these small Solar System bodies
What are comets?
This boson gives all other particles their rest mass, and was previously nicknamed the "God particle"
What is the Higgs boson?
Wavelengths of 400-700nm lie in this region of the electromagnetic spectrum
What is visible light?