A) Mathematically B) Philosophically C) Verbally D) Geometrically
A) Because one model is always incorrect B) To disprove Newtonian physics C) To satisfy historical requirements D) Depending on the problem or to gain physical intuition
A) Inverse square law B) Inverse cube law C) Law of universal acceleration D) Law of nonlocal forces
A) Mass of the objects B) Velocity of the objects C) Distance between the objects squared D) Volume of the objects
A) Move away from each other B) Remain completely stationary C) Accelerate towards each other D) Orbit in circles
A) Nonlocal B) Local C) Constant D) Instantaneous
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) Cannon ball trajectories B) Time dilation C) Quantum entanglement D) Black hole evaporation
A) Atmospheric pressure B) Magnetic fields C) Sound waves D) Tidal motion
A) Electron orbits B) Planetary orbits C) Cometary plasma orbits D) Atomic orbits
A) Quantum mechanics B) The concept of relativity C) Electromagnetism D) Thermodynamics
A) Simple and straightforward B) Enormously complex C) Already completed by Newton D) Mathematically impossible
A) A vacuum layer B) A centrifugal barrier C) Its own gravitational field D) A magnetic shield
A) Latitude, surface features, and sub-surface densities B) Moon phases and solar radiation C) Wind speed and atmospheric pressure D) Ocean tides and seasonal temperature
A) At the equator B) At the South Pole C) At the highest mountain peak D) At the North Pole
A) 9.806 m/s2 B) 9.750 m/s2 C) 9.780 m/s2 D) 9.832 m/s2
A) 9.780 m/s2 B) 9.806 m/s2 C) 9.832 m/s2 D) 9.850 m/s2
A) When lunar gravity increases suddenly B) When the Earth stops rotating C) When water temperature reaches boiling point D) When gravitational equilibrium is disturbed
A) Wind B) Earthquakes on land C) Changes in Earth's mass D) Solar flares
A) In an ellipse B) In a straight line C) In a parabola D) In a perfect circle
A) The Moon and artificial satellites B) Comets and asteroids only C) The stars and distant galaxies D) Space dust and solar wind
A) The oldest and densest pair B) The hottest and fastest pair C) The most massive and closest pair D) The smallest and farthest pair
A) Magnetic repulsion B) Thermal gas pressure C) Centrifugal momentum D) Electron degeneracy pressure
A) The creation of a magnetic field B) The gas radiating energy C) The absorption of solar radiation D) The expansion of the volume
A) Complete magnetic saturation B) Infinite electron degeneracy C) Pressures sufficient for nuclear fusion D) Absolute zero temperature
A) A star B) A brown dwarf C) A black hole D) A planet
A) Gravitational collapse B) Centrifugal balance C) Hydrostatic equilibrium D) Thermal instability
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 slowly cool as white dwarf stars B) They explode into massive supernovae C) They immediately collapse into black holes D) They turn into gas-giant planets
A) Electron degeneracy pressure B) Radiation pressure C) Thermal gas pressure D) Neutron degeneracy pressure
A) A brown dwarf phase B) A red giant phase C) A neutron star phase D) A supernova phase
A) A helium shell B) A hydrogen cloud C) An iron core D) A carbon ring
A) They turn into gas-giant planets B) They quietly cool into white dwarfs C) They dissolve into thermal gas D) They become unstable and produce a supernova
A) Centrifugal force B) Thermal gas pressure C) Neutron degeneracy pressure D) Electron degeneracy pressure
A) A white dwarf B) A red giant C) A black hole D) A brown dwarf
A) Magnetic fields B) Thermal radiation C) Light D) Neutron particles
A) Inertia B) Centrifugal force C) Gravitation D) Electromagnetism
A) Gravitas B) Granum C) Gradus D) Gravis
A) Zero range B) Infinite range C) Limited to planetary systems D) Subatomic range
A) Johannes Kepler B) Galileo Galilei C) Albert Einstein D) Isaac Newton
A) Galileo's B) Kepler's C) Newton's D) Einstein's
A) Fluid dynamics B) Thermodynamics C) Quantum mechanics D) Classical mechanics
A) Weight B) Temperature C) Volume D) Charge
A) Auroras B) Lunar tides C) Solar flares D) Earthquakes
A) Respiration B) Gravitropism C) Photosynthesis D) Transpiration
A) Galaxies B) Astronomical bodies C) Planetary systems D) Subatomic particles
A) Fire B) Air C) Aether D) Earth
A) Plutarch B) Vitruvius C) Al-Khazini D) Aristotle
A) Al-Biruni B) John Philoponus C) Brahmagupta D) Archimedes
A) aether B) De architectura C) impetus D) gurutvākarṣaṇ
A) 500 CE B) 6th century CE C) 700 CE D) 628 CE
A) Aristotle B) Al-Khazini C) Plutarch D) Al-Biruni
A) Brahmagupta B) Al-Khazini C) Archimedes D) Al-Biruni
A) Earth B) Water C) Aether D) Fire
A) Giambattista Benedetti B) Galileo Galilei C) Simon Stevin D) Domingo de Soto
A) Plato B) Aristotle C) Pythagoras D) Socrates
A) Francesco Beato B) Domingo de Soto C) Luca Ghini D) Giambattista Benedetti E) Simon Stevin
A) 1638 B) 1551 C) 1586 D) 1609
A) Wooden spheres B) Feathers C) Rocks D) Cannonballs
A) Dropping objects from towers B) Astronomical observations C) Measuring pendulum oscillations D) Rolling balls down inclines
A) An Attempt to prove the Annual Motion of the Earth B) Astronomia nova C) Two New Sciences D) Micrographia
A) Statistical analysis B) Graphical numerical integration C) Geometric proofs D) Differential calculus
A) By timing balls rolling down inclines B) By measuring pendulum oscillations C) By dropping cannonballs from towers D) By observing planetary motion
A) Giovanni Alfonso Borelli B) Tycho Brahe C) Robert Hooke D) Johannes Kepler
A) Isaac Newton B) Galileo Galilei C) Robert Hooke D) Johannes Kepler
A) Astronomia nova B) Two New Sciences C) An Attempt to prove the Annual Motion of the Earth D) Micrographia
A) Isaac Newton B) Johannes Kepler C) Robert Hooke D) Giovanni Alfonso Borelli
A) Robert Hooke B) Giovanni Alfonso Borelli C) Tycho Brahe D) Isaac Newton
A) 1679 B) 1666 C) 1686 D) 1657
A) Halley B) Hooke C) Bouvard D) Wren
A) Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems B) Opticks C) Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica D) De motu corporum in gyrum
A) Torsion balances B) Pendulums C) Prisms D) Free-falling apples
A) Robert Hooke B) Ismaël Bullialdus C) Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz D) Isaac Newton
A) Uranus B) Mercury C) Neptune D) Mars
A) John Couch Adams B) Alexis Bouvard C) Urbain Le Verrier D) Arthur Eddington
A) Irwin I. Shapiro B) Edmond Halley C) Isaac Newton D) Henry Cavendish
A) Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz B) Bernhard Riemann C) Alexis Bouvard D) Albert Einstein
A) 1915 B) 1959 C) 1905 D) 1684
A) Gauss B) Riemann C) Galileo D) Maxwell
A) Albert Einstein B) Carl Gauss C) Ismaël Bullialdus D) Bernhard Riemann
A) Alexis Bouvard B) Isaac Newton C) James Clerk Maxwell D) Bernhard Riemann
A) Robert Pound B) Arthur Eddington C) Irwin I. Shapiro D) Glen Rebka
A) Henry Cavendish B) Arthur Eddington C) Irwin I. Shapiro D) Urbain Le Verrier
A) Neptune Prime B) Mercury Alpha C) Cygnus X-1 D) Gravity Probe B
A) Gravitational time dilation B) Light deflection C) Perihelion precession D) Frame dragging
A) 2017 B) 1993 C) 1973 D) 2015
A) Betelgeuse system B) Alpha Centauri C) Hulse–Taylor binary D) Sirius binary
A) 2017 B) 1993 C) 2015 D) 1973
A) 14 September 2015 B) 14 September 1973 C) 14 September 1993 D) 14 September 2017
A) LIGO detectors B) Voyager probes C) Keck observatory D) Hubble telescope
A) The Big Bang B) The formation of the Moon C) The death of the Sun D) The collision of the Milky Way and Andromeda
A) 2015 B) 2017 C) 1973 D) 1993
A) About 3/4 B) About 5/6 C) About 1/6 D) About 1/2
A) Thermal interactions B) Nuclear interactions C) Gravitational interactions D) Electromagnetic interactions
A) Dark matter halos B) Einstein rings C) Gravitational lenses D) Quasar mirrors
A) 2017 B) 1930 C) 1979 D) 1995
A) California B) Arizona C) Nevada D) New Mexico
A) LIGO Virgo B) YGKOW G1 C) The Milky Way D) Andromeda
A) About 130 million light-years B) About 13 million light-years C) About 130 billion light-years D) About 1,300 light-years
A) Pioneer anomaly B) Lensing anomaly C) Rotation anomaly D) Flyby anomaly |