1
Who conceived the basic theory of gravity when he was "graced by the falling of an apple"?
Isaac Newton
2
What is the highest attainable speed in the universe?
The speed of light
Approximately 300 Million meters per second
Approximately 300 Million meters per second
3
What effect causes southbound moving objects to deflect to the right in the Northern hemisphere and to the left in the Southern hemisphere?
The Coriolis effect
4
Who created the Theory of Relativity?
Albert Einstein
5
The cosmic microwave background radiation is evidence of what event?
The Big Bang
6
The first ever image of a black hole's event horizon was published on April 10, 2019. Where is that particular black hole?
The core of galaxy M87
7
What molecule is abundant in foods that can be efficiently heated by a microwave oven?
Water
8
In the geocentric model of the Universe, what was at the center of existence?
Earth
9
Take two spheres with identical volume and different masses. In the absence of air resistance, which fall faster?
In the absence of air resistance, they will both fall at identical rates.
10
To a physicist, which way is "down"?
The direction of the net gravitational pull.
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