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What directly led to the development of products like television, computers, and nuclear weapons?
What directly led to the development of products like television, computers, and nuclear weapons?
- Advances in mechanics
- Advances in ancient astronomy
- Advances in thermodynamics
- Advances in electromagnetism, solid-state physics, and nuclear physics (correct)
What does the word 'physics' come from?
What does the word 'physics' come from?
- Latin physica ('study of nature') (correct)
- Ancient Egyptian term for 'natural sciences'
- Sumerian term for 'origin, nature, property'
- Greek φυσική (phusikḗ 'natural science')
Which field of study led to the development of industrialization?
Which field of study led to the development of industrialization?
- Electromagnetism
- Thermodynamics (correct)
- Nuclear physics
- Solid-state physics
What is astronomy considered to be?
What is astronomy considered to be?
What ancient civilizations are mentioned as having knowledge related to natural sciences?
What ancient civilizations are mentioned as having knowledge related to natural sciences?
What is the smallest charge that can exist freely?
What is the smallest charge that can exist freely?
What particles carry negative charge in ordinary matter?
What particles carry negative charge in ordinary matter?
What is the term for an object with no net charge?
What is the term for an object with no net charge?
What is the term for the physical property of matter that causes it to experience a force in an electromagnetic field?
What is the term for the physical property of matter that causes it to experience a force in an electromagnetic field?
What is the term for the property that comes in integer multiples of individual small units called the elementary charge?
What is the term for the property that comes in integer multiples of individual small units called the elementary charge?
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