This is the specific heat of liquid water (in Joules)
4186 J/kg*C
100
Work done ON a system is ____ and work done BY a system is ____?
-,+
100
Who said: "When one body exerts a force on a second body, the second body simultaneously exerts a force equal in magnitude and opposite in direction on the first body"?
Sir Isaac Newton
100
Which has greater charge, a proton or electron?
Neither
100
Which part of an atom has 0 charge?
A neutron
200
This unit of heat gets its name from the latin word for heat "calor"
Calorie
200
This word means that there is no HEAT added to the system.
Adiabatic
200
He was the original host of the television show "Cosmos" and was famous for saying "billions and billions and billions of years"
Carl Sagan
200
Charge was given its +/- designation by which American figure?
Benjamin Franklin
200
What type of radiation, which comes from the energy given off by radioactive atoms such as Radium, is used as a tool by doctors to diagnose?
X-rays
300
Turning ice from solid to liquid is called melting. The heat input required to melt ice is called what?
Latent heat of fusion.
300
Who came up with the formula E=mc2
Albert Einstein
300
If you double the distance between two charges, what happens to the force?
It decreases by a factor of 4
300
Nuclear reactions in the sun are called what?
Fusion
400
This is the process whereby heat flows by the mass movement of molecules from one place to another.
Convection
400
What is the only state variable that always increases and never decreases?
Entropy
400
Which famous English physicist said this about physics: "While physics and mathematics may tell us how the universe began, they are not much use in predicting human behavior because there are far too many equations to solve. I'm no better than anyone else at understanding what makes people tick, particularly women."?
Stephen Hawking
400
What is the smallest unit of charge you can give to a penny
The charge of an electron: 1.6 x 10^-6 Coulombs
400
Name three types of radiation with more energy than visible light.
Gamma radiation, UV radiation, X-rays
500
The full name of the scientist for whom the "Kelvin" is named after. (Answer with at least one other name besides Kelvin)
William Thompson, Baron Kelvin
500
Name 5 state variables
Internal Energy (U), Pressure, Volume, Temperature, mass, moles
500
Albert Einstein was talking about WHAT subset of physics when he said "God doesn't roll dice with the world"?
Quantum Mechanics
500
What device can store charge?
A capacitor
500
This nuclear physicist is the only woman to have won two Noble Prizes. Who is she?