1
What quantity did Newton assume was identical to mass, but we now know also depends upon velocity?
Inertia
2
Which physicist, who discovered the electron, was also a major promoter of the Esperanto language?
J. J. Thomson
3
What physical phenomenon explains why your legs seem shorter when you are waist deep in water?
Refraction
4
What field of physics, formerly known as "solid state physics," describes the way atoms and molecules connect in both solids and liquids?
Condensed matter physics
5
What three quantites are still known about all the materials that fall into a black hole?
Total mass, net electrical charge, and net angular momentum.
6
What three word term is used to describe periodic motion?
Simple harmonic motion
7
The Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle applies to many pairs of variables. When a pair of variables is not restricted by Heisenberg's princple, why does the exception exist?
The variables share eigenstates in the wavefunction.
8
Which boson mediates the strong nuclear force, holding the nucleus together?
The gluon, or rather, the eight different types of gluons.
9
What are the four forces in nature?
Gravity, the electromagnetic force, the weak nuclear force, and the strong nuclear force.
10
Which antiparticle was the first to be discovered?
The positron
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