Misc.
Scientists/Inventors
Units
Energy
Waves
100
This is a quantity that has both magnitude and direction.
What is a vector?
100

This physicist "discovered gravity" when an apple fell from a tree.

Who was Newton?

100

This is the standard unit for time, it is not very long.

What is a second?

100
When your muscles move, chemical energy from the cereal you ate for breakfast is converted into this.
What is kinetic energy?
100

This is the height of a wave.

What is amplitude?

200

The kinetic energy of an object is a combination of both mass and this quantity.

What is velocity?

200

This physicist is famous for his theories of relativity?

Who is Einstein?

200

The Celsius and Kelvin units are used to measure this.

What is temperature?

200
Photovoltaic cells convert this into electrical energy.
What is solar energy?
200

The is the measured length between crests.

What is a wavelength?

300
Gravitational potential energy is composed of mass and this distance in a gravitational field.

What is height?

300

This inventor made the first lightbulb.

Who is Edison?

300

This is the standard unit for length, m.

What is meter?

300

This energy is produced by fission or fusion of an atom.

What is nuclear energy?

300

This is the lowest point of a wave below the rest position.

What is the trough?

400
This is the universal force that causes every object to attract every other object.
What is gravity?
400

This scientist was also a statesman, he worked on electricity and famously flew a kite during a thunderstorm. He also invented the lightning rod.

Who is Franklin?

400

This is the standard unit for mass?

What is gram?
400

This type of energy is detected by our ears.

What is sound?

400

If you know the wavelength and speed of a wafe you can calculate this.

What is its frequency?

500

This force opposes the motion of objects that touch as they move past each other. It is the reason balls eventually stop rolling on earth.

What is friction?

500
This famous inventor developed the first telephone.

Who is Bell?

500

This is the standard unit for volume?

What is liter?

500

This energy comes from batteries and generators.

What is elecgtricity?

500

Its spectrum is composed of several different waves including visible light, x-rays, radio waves, and gamma rays.

What is electromagnetic radiation?