Famous Scientists
This scientist is famous for his work in developing the theory of relativity, quantum mechanics, and Brownian motion.
Who is Albert Einstein?
This fruit supposedly fell on Newton's head, helping him discover universal gravitation.
What is an apple?
The chemical symbol for Tungsten.
What is W?
The study of life.
What is biology?
the rate of change of a function or the slope of a tangent line with respect to a certain variable.
What is the derivative?
English physicist and chemist whose many experiments contributed significantly to the understanding of electromagnetism and electrolysis; Mrs. Lorfing's favorite scientist?
Who is Michael Faraday?
his is the name of the law relating potential difference (V) to current (I) and resistance (R), or V = IR.
What is Ohm's Law?
A hydrogen atom has just one of these outer-ring electrons.
What is a valence electron?
Not to be confused with the study of objects and phenomena beyond the Earth's atmosphere.
What is astrology?
The number of neck vertebrae giraffes found in the spine of a giraffe.
What is seven?
The father of nuclear chemistry and nuclear physics; discovered and named the atomic nucleus, the proton, and the alpha particle and the beta particle through an experiment with gold foil.
Who is Ernest Rutherford?
What has the longest wavelength on the electromagnetic spectrum; what has the shortest?
What are radio waves and gamma rays?
Collective name is given to the six gases Helium, Argon, Krypton, Xenon, Neon, and Radon.
What is Noble/Inert?
The psuedo-study of observing and/or feeling the skull to determine an individual's psychological attributes.
What is Phrenology?
Speed of light in a vacuum.
What is 3× 10^8 m/s?
What popular astrophysicist, author of “Death By Black Hole” and host of TV’s “Cosmos”, earned a BA in Physics from Harvard University in 1980?
Who is Neil DeGrasse Tyson?
This principle states that the faster the fluid moves, the less pressure exerted there is.
What is Bernoulli's Principle?
This constant number is the amount of molecules in the mole of an ideal gas.
What is Avogadro's number (6.02*10^23)?
The study of insects.
What is Entomology?
The number of cups in 2.5 gallons.
What is 40 cups?
He founded the sciences of mechanics and hydrostatics, calculated pi precisely, and devised the law of exponents.
Who is Archimedes?
The two ends of a rod are maintained at 100C and 0oC. The rate of heat flow through the rod is found to be 4 J/s. If the temperature of the two ends is increased to 300C and 100C respectively, and the length of the pole doubled, the rate of flow of heat through the rod will be...
What is 4 J/s?
This metal has the highest melting point of any metal on the periodic table.
What is tungsten?
The study of tree rings and their relation with climate change.
What is Mrs. Whitfield's old room number?
What is room 172?