10 Questions
What is the origin of the word 'physics'?
Latin physica ('study of nature')
What field directly led to the development of television and computers?
Electromagnetism
Which ancient civilization is mentioned in relation to early astronomy?
Sumerians
What did advances in thermodynamics lead to?
Development of industrialization
What inspired the development of calculus?
Advances in mechanics
What is the unit of electric current in the International System of Units (SI)?
Ampere
What are the moving particles called in electric circuits?
Charge carriers
What do electric currents create in ordinary conductors?
Magnetic fields
What is the conventional symbol for electric current?
I
In semiconductors, what can the charge carriers be?
Electrons or holes
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