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WorksheetsPHYSICS GENERAL QUIZ
Total questions: 62
Worksheet time: 31mins
Which is the weakest force in nature?
Gravity
electromagnetic force
strong force
weak force
Pierre Gassendi, a French philosopher-scientist, observed gunfire from a distance in order to measure which natural phenomenon?
The speed of sound
the speed of light
atmospheric interference
gravity
Who among these men was the first scientist to conduct a controlled nuclear chain reaction experiment?
Arthur Holly Compton
Enrico Fermi
Albert Einstein
Richard P. Feynman
Physicist J.J. Thomson's atomic model, sometimes called the plum-pudding model, describes the atom as taking which configuration?
a dense, positively charged nucleus orbited by negatively charged electrons
negative electrons occupying specific shells extending outward from a dense, positive nucleus
a dense, positive nucleus surrounded by electrons revolving in a set number of specific orbits
positively charged matter in which negatively charged electrons are embedded
What did physicist J.J. Thomson discover in the 1890s when he analyzed cathode rays and concluded that they were made up of charged “corpuscles”?
radioactivity
photons
ions
electrons
What is the phenomenon of Raman scattering, named after Indian physicist C.V. Raman?
effects of cloud layers on radio emissions
change of wavelength of deflected light
motion of atoms in ionized gas
statistical distribution of meteorite impacts
What reaction involving atomic nuclei is the source of the Sun’s energy?
ionization
nuclear fusion
nuclear fission
chemical combustion
In the early 18th century, what startling conclusion did John Dalton reach regarding the “ultimate particles,” or atoms, of each of the chemical elements?
all atoms bear either a positive or a negative charge
all atoms of all elements are fundamentally alike
each element is made up of its own unique atom
all atoms can be divided into even smaller particles
What is the name of the theoretical explanation of the behaviour of subatomic particles offered by British physicist P.A.M. Dirac in the 1920s?
atomism
quantum field theory
superstring theory
electron theory
Whose work in quantum physics was referred to by Albert Einstein as “the highest form of musicality in the sphere of thought”?
Niels Bohr
Carl David Anderson
P.A.M. Dirac
Max Born
Which wave phenomenon results from the interference or superimposition of waves moving in opposite directions?
sinusoidal waves
harmonic waves
light
standing waves
What is the unit of measure for cycles per second?
ohm
decibel
hertz
ampere
A transverse wave oscillates along paths at what angle to the direction of the wave's propagation?
right angles
acute angles
reflex angles
obtuse angles
What is the SI unit of an electric charge?
ampere
second
coulomb
kelvin
Which type of electromagnetic radiation has the shortest wavelength?
microwave
X-ray
radio wave
gamma ray
For what discovery were Owen Chamberlain and Emilio Segrè awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1959?
baryons
muoniums
antiprotons
antimatter
What is the capacitance of a capacitor when one coulomb of electricity changes the potential between the plates by one volt?
one erg
one henry
one watt
one farad
What is tribology?
study of interactions of various types of matter
study of interaction of volume temperature and gas pressure
study of interaction of electromagnetic radiation with matter
study of interaction of sliding surfaces
Who discovered the rotating magnetic field?
Paul Langevin
Georgy Flerov
Nikola Tesla
Pierre Curie
What term defines work done per unit of time?
angular momentum
power
magnetic flux
electric current
What term refers to the change of velocity with time?
distance
gravity
acceleration
motion
Arthur Eddington is known for investigating which type of celestial body?
planet
asteroid
comet
star
What is the flow of electric charge that periodically reverses direction?
electric current
alternating current
eddy current
displacement current
Which law states that the magnetic fields are related to the electric current produced in them?
Ampere's law
Avogadro’s law
Ohm's law
Boyle's law
The thought experiment known as Schrödinger’s cat postulates that a cat can be in two states at the same time. What are those two states?
awake and asleep
alive and dead
kitten and adult
moving and stationary
What is the internal force per unit area of a body that arises from externally applied forces?
displacement
moment
stress
action
What is vaporization of dry ice an example of?
cavitation
evaporation
sublimation
condensation
A candela is the SI unit for what?
inductance
radioactivity
luminous intensity
amount of a substance
What is the unit of magnetic induction?
joule
mole
tesla
newton
What is the formula for density?
d = M+V
d = MV
d = M/V
d=M-V
For which invention did Akasaki Isamu win the Nobel Prize for Physics in 2014?
holography
blue LEDs
automatic sun valves
integrated circuits
Who is best known for the rediscovery of “fixed air”?
Henry Cavendish
Joseph Black
Vilhelm Bjerknes
David Gross
With whom did Ferdinand Braun share the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1909 for the development of wireless telegraphy?
Alexander Stepanovich Popov
Guglielmo Marconi
Alexander Graham Bell
Gabriel Lippmann
Why was Ernest Orlando Lawrence awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1939?
invention of hydrogen bomb
invention of the cyclotron
discovery of neptunium
discovery of the multiverse
What is used to measure wind speed?
barometer
dynamometer
altimeter
anemometer
Who formulated the second law of thermodynamics?
Rudolf Clausius
Nicolas Léonard Sadi Carnot
Ernst Mach
Ludwig Boltzmann
What is the rate of acceleration of gravity at the Earth’s surface?
9.8m/s/s (32 feet/s/s)
6.7m/s/s (22 feet/s/s)
7.8m/s/s (25.6 feet/s/s)
11.2m/s/s (36.7 feet/s/s)
Which of the following is not a scalar quantity?
force
volume
energy
mass
What law applies to the working of hydraulic brakes in automobiles?
Newton's second law
Coulomb's law
Hooke's law
Pascal's law
What is Newton's first law of motion about?
torque
work
inertia
momentum
Ohm's law describes the relationship between what?
current and drift velocity
frequency, wavelength, and velocity
kinetic energy and momentum
current, voltage, and resistance
The first law of thermodynamics is also known by what name?
conservation of linear momentum
conservation of mass
conservation of charge
conservation of energy
What phenomenon scatters a light beam by suspended particles in a gas or liquid?
Tyndall effect
Zeeman effect
Schwinger effect
Allais effect
What is the escape velocity for a body from the surface of the Earth?
11.2 km/sec (6.96 miles/sec)
9.2 km/sec (5.71 miles/sec)
2.4 km/sec (1.49 miles/sec)
5.01 km/sec (3.11 miles/sec)
What device can change diverging light into a parallel beam?
interferometer
spectrometer
collimator
SWR meter
Who discovered canal rays?
Arnold Sommerfeld
Ernest Rutherford
Robert Millikan
Eugen Goldstein
Who built the first fuel cell?
Henry Moseley
David Edward Hughes
Sir William Robert Grove
Enrico Fermi
What material emits light when exposed to radiation?
melanophore
phosphor
alexandrite
chromophore
Who first discovered the neutron?
James Chadwick
Wolfgang Pauli
Louis de Broglie
Otto Frisch
Who discovered the principle of interference of light?
Philip W. Anderson
Thomas Young
Paul Ehrenfest
Robert Hooke
Who wrote the Principia?
Issac Newton
Marie Curie
John Locke
Thomas Edison
Who proposed the general theory of relativity?
Richard Feynman
Hendrik Lorentz
Albert Einstein
Karl Schwarzschild
What is the unit of measurement of the electromotive force?
hertz
watt
pascal
volt
For what was Carl David Anderson awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1936?
discovery of antineutrons
discovery of B mesons
discovery of positrons
discovery of protons
What is the other name of strong force?
electrical force
gravitational force
nuclear force
magnetic force
What is the change in the direction of a wave with a change in the medium called?
reflection
refraction
rotation
resonance
What causes the perceived pitch of the object to be higher when an object moves closer to the source?
Doppler effect
Evershed effect
Christofilos effect
Glasser effect
What instrument measures and records the relative humidity of air?
thermometer
hygrometer
pH meter
photometer
Who discovered electromagnetic induction?
Heinrich Hertz
André-Marie Ampère
Michael Faraday
John Lewis Hall
What is used to split white light into different colors?
thermometer
magnifying glass
mirror
prism
Decibel is the unit used for measuring what?
loudness
temperature
amplitude
pitch
Who invented the electron microscope?
Ernst Ruska
David Brewster
Christiaan Huygens
Max Born
