Name that physicist
This theoretical physicist is best known for his theories of general and special relativity, and E = mc2.
Who is Albert Einstein?
This experiment reveals that light behaves as a wave, not just as a particle.
What is the double-slit experiment?
These two defining characteristics are attributed to vector quantities.
What is magnitude and direction?
This subject in physics describes how things behave probabilistically at the atomic scale and smaller.
What is quantum mechanics?
This unit of force was named to honor the physicist that related force to acceleration in his famous law.
What is a Newton?
This physicist is credited with the invention of calculus and fundamental laws of motion.
Who is Isaac Newton?
This experiment by Rutherford fired alpha particles at thin foil and led to the discovery of the nucleus.
What is the gold-foil experiment?
The acceleration of a freely falling object is a constant more commonly known as this.
What is g (9.81 m/s^2)?
Kinetic energy, potential energy, 1- and 2-dimensional motion, and springs are all topics in this physics subject.
What is mechanics?
If you combine all colors, what color do you get?
What is white?
This physicist pioneered studying radioactivity and is the first person to win Nobel prizes in two different sciences.
Who is Marie Curie?
The experiment by this physicist known as the torsion-bar experiment helped determine the value of the constant G and therefore the mass of the Earth.
Who is Henry Cavendish?
This equation is famous from Newton's 2nd Law.
What is Fnet = ma?
Maxwell's equations are important to this subject in physics.
What is electricity and magnetism?
This effect is responsible for the perceived higher or lower frequency you hear as an ambulance siren passes you.
What is the Doppler effect?
This physicist and astronomer developed laws that contradicted the belief that the planets orbit the Sun in circular paths.
Who is Kepler?
This experiment showed that light can knock electrons out of certain metals, helping establish the idea that light comes in packets called photons.
What is the photoelectric-effect experiment?
This form of energy is related to an object's position.
What is potential energy?
This topic studied in thermal physics/statistical mechanics is a state of matter described by the equation PV = nRT.
What is an ideal gas?
What is the strong force?
This scientist discovered electromagnetic induction after observing that a changing magnetic field could produce an electric current.
Who is Michael Faraday?
This experiment was in search of evidence of the ether - and was unsuccessful at proving its existence.
What is the Michelson-Morley experiment?
This type of heating process dominates in fluids.
What is convection?
This equation is the most fundamental equation in quantum mechanics, often compared to Newton's 2nd Law for classical mechanics.
What is Schrödinger's equation?
This effect is responsible for the existence of rainbows due to the moisture in the air after rain.
What is dispersion?