Gravity - Quiz
A) Geometrically B) Philosophically C) Verbally D) Mathematically
A) Depending on the problem or to gain physical intuition B) To satisfy historical requirements C) To disprove Newtonian physics D) Because one model is always incorrect
A) Inverse cube law B) Law of nonlocal forces C) Inverse square law D) Law of universal acceleration
A) Volume of the objects B) Mass of the objects C) Velocity of the objects D) Distance between the objects squared
A) Move away from each other B) Accelerate towards each other C) Remain completely stationary D) Orbit in circles
A) Local B) Instantaneous C) Constant D) Nonlocal
A) It is completely false B) It requires the theory of relativity to work C) It does not explain the root cause of the force D) It only applies to planetary orbits
A) Quantum entanglement B) Time dilation C) Black hole evaporation D) Cannon ball trajectories
A) Tidal motion B) Sound waves C) Atmospheric pressure D) Magnetic fields
A) Atomic orbits B) Electron orbits C) Cometary plasma orbits D) Planetary orbits
A) The concept of relativity B) Thermodynamics C) Quantum mechanics D) Electromagnetism
A) Mathematically impossible B) Simple and straightforward C) Enormously complex D) Already completed by Newton
A) A vacuum layer B) A magnetic shield C) Its own gravitational field D) A centrifugal barrier
A) Ocean tides and seasonal temperature B) Moon phases and solar radiation C) Wind speed and atmospheric pressure D) Latitude, surface features, and sub-surface densities
A) At the South Pole B) At the highest mountain peak C) At the North Pole D) At the equator
A) 9.832 m/s2 B) 9.780 m/s2 C) 9.806 m/s2 D) 9.750 m/s2
A) 9.832 m/s2 B) 9.850 m/s2 C) 9.780 m/s2 D) 9.806 m/s2
A) When the Earth stops rotating B) When lunar gravity increases suddenly C) When water temperature reaches boiling point D) When gravitational equilibrium is disturbed
A) Earthquakes on land B) Solar flares C) Wind D) Changes in Earth's mass
A) In a perfect circle B) In a straight line C) In an ellipse D) In a parabola
A) The Moon and artificial satellites B) The stars and distant galaxies C) Comets and asteroids only D) Space dust and solar wind
A) The hottest and fastest pair B) The smallest and farthest pair C) The most massive and closest pair D) The oldest and densest pair
A) Centrifugal momentum B) Magnetic repulsion C) Electron degeneracy pressure D) Thermal gas pressure
A) The gas radiating energy B) The expansion of the volume C) The creation of a magnetic field D) The absorption of solar radiation
A) Absolute zero temperature B) Infinite electron degeneracy C) Pressures sufficient for nuclear fusion D) Complete magnetic saturation
A) A planet B) A black hole C) A star D) A brown dwarf
A) Hydrostatic equilibrium B) Thermal instability C) Centrifugal balance D) Gravitational collapse
A) When the star's atomic fuel runs out B) When the star reaches maximum speed C) When it absorbs a brown dwarf D) When planets begin to orbit it
A) They explode into massive supernovae B) They turn into gas-giant planets C) They slowly cool as white dwarf stars D) They immediately collapse into black holes
A) Thermal gas pressure B) Radiation pressure C) Neutron degeneracy pressure D) Electron degeneracy pressure
A) A neutron star phase B) A red giant phase C) A brown dwarf phase D) A supernova phase
A) A carbon ring B) A hydrogen cloud C) An iron core D) A helium shell
A) They become unstable and produce a supernova B) They turn into gas-giant planets C) They dissolve into thermal gas D) They quietly cool into white dwarfs
A) Neutron degeneracy pressure B) Centrifugal force C) Electron degeneracy pressure D) Thermal gas pressure
A) A red giant B) A brown dwarf C) A white dwarf D) A black hole
A) Thermal radiation B) Light C) Neutron particles D) Magnetic fields
A) Centrifugal force B) Gravitation C) Electromagnetism D) Inertia
A) Gravitas B) Gradus C) Gravis D) Granum
A) Limited to planetary systems B) Subatomic range C) Infinite range D) Zero range
A) Galileo Galilei B) Johannes Kepler C) Albert Einstein D) Isaac Newton
A) Galileo's B) Newton's C) Kepler's D) Einstein's
A) Quantum mechanics B) Classical mechanics C) Thermodynamics D) Fluid dynamics
A) Temperature B) Weight C) Volume D) Charge
A) Solar flares B) Lunar tides C) Earthquakes D) Auroras
A) Respiration B) Photosynthesis C) Transpiration D) Gravitropism
A) Planetary systems B) Astronomical bodies C) Subatomic particles D) Galaxies
A) Earth B) Air C) Aether D) Fire
A) Plutarch B) Aristotle C) Al-Khazini D) Vitruvius
A) Al-Biruni B) Brahmagupta C) John Philoponus D) Archimedes
A) gurutvākarṣaṇ B) impetus C) aether D) De architectura
A) 500 CE B) 700 CE C) 628 CE D) 6th century CE
A) Al-Biruni B) Plutarch C) Al-Khazini D) Aristotle
A) Archimedes B) Al-Biruni C) Brahmagupta D) Al-Khazini
A) Aether B) Earth C) Water D) Fire
A) Domingo de Soto B) Galileo Galilei C) Simon Stevin D) Giambattista Benedetti
A) Aristotle B) Pythagoras C) Plato D) Socrates
A) Francesco Beato B) Luca Ghini C) Domingo de Soto D) Simon Stevin E) Giambattista Benedetti
A) 1609 B) 1551 C) 1586 D) 1638
A) Rocks B) Wooden spheres C) Feathers D) Cannonballs
A) Astronomical observations B) Dropping objects from towers C) Measuring pendulum oscillations D) Rolling balls down inclines
A) Two New Sciences B) Micrographia C) An Attempt to prove the Annual Motion of the Earth D) Astronomia nova
A) Geometric proofs B) Differential calculus C) Graphical numerical integration D) Statistical analysis
A) By dropping cannonballs from towers B) By observing planetary motion C) By timing balls rolling down inclines D) By measuring pendulum oscillations
A) Johannes Kepler B) Giovanni Alfonso Borelli C) Tycho Brahe D) Robert Hooke
A) Johannes Kepler B) Robert Hooke C) Isaac Newton D) Galileo Galilei
A) Two New Sciences B) Astronomia nova C) An Attempt to prove the Annual Motion of the Earth D) Micrographia
A) Johannes Kepler B) Giovanni Alfonso Borelli C) Robert Hooke D) Isaac Newton
A) Isaac Newton B) Giovanni Alfonso Borelli C) Tycho Brahe D) Robert Hooke
A) 1666 B) 1679 C) 1657 D) 1686
A) Bouvard B) Halley C) Wren D) Hooke
A) Opticks B) Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems C) De motu corporum in gyrum D) Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica
A) Pendulums B) Torsion balances C) Prisms D) Free-falling apples
A) Ismaël Bullialdus B) Isaac Newton C) Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz D) Robert Hooke
A) Uranus B) Mars C) Neptune D) Mercury
A) Arthur Eddington B) Urbain Le Verrier C) Alexis Bouvard D) John Couch Adams
A) Henry Cavendish B) Isaac Newton C) Edmond Halley D) Irwin I. Shapiro
A) Alexis Bouvard B) Albert Einstein C) Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz D) Bernhard Riemann
A) 1959 B) 1684 C) 1905 D) 1915
A) Riemann B) Gauss C) Maxwell D) Galileo
A) Carl Gauss B) Albert Einstein C) Ismaël Bullialdus D) Bernhard Riemann
A) James Clerk Maxwell B) Alexis Bouvard C) Isaac Newton D) Bernhard Riemann
A) Robert Pound B) Arthur Eddington C) Glen Rebka D) Irwin I. Shapiro
A) Urbain Le Verrier B) Irwin I. Shapiro C) Arthur Eddington D) Henry Cavendish
A) Mercury Alpha B) Cygnus X-1 C) Gravity Probe B D) Neptune Prime
A) Gravitational time dilation B) Perihelion precession C) Frame dragging D) Light deflection
A) 2017 B) 1993 C) 1973 D) 2015
A) Alpha Centauri B) Betelgeuse system C) Sirius binary D) Hulse–Taylor binary
A) 2017 B) 1993 C) 1973 D) 2015
A) 14 September 1993 B) 14 September 2015 C) 14 September 1973 D) 14 September 2017
A) Hubble telescope B) Voyager probes C) LIGO detectors D) Keck observatory
A) The collision of the Milky Way and Andromeda B) The death of the Sun C) The formation of the Moon D) The Big Bang
A) 1973 B) 1993 C) 2017 D) 2015
A) About 1/6 B) About 5/6 C) About 3/4 D) About 1/2
A) Nuclear interactions B) Gravitational interactions C) Electromagnetic interactions D) Thermal interactions
A) Dark matter halos B) Einstein rings C) Quasar mirrors D) Gravitational lenses
A) 1995 B) 1979 C) 2017 D) 1930
A) Arizona B) New Mexico C) Nevada D) California
A) YGKOW G1 B) Andromeda C) LIGO Virgo D) The Milky Way
A) About 130 billion light-years B) About 13 million light-years C) About 130 million light-years D) About 1,300 light-years
A) Pioneer anomaly B) Rotation anomaly C) Flyby anomaly D) Lensing anomaly |
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