Physics Fundamentals Quiz

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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?

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?

Electromagnetism

Thermodynamics (correct)

Nuclear physics

Solid-state physics

What is astronomy considered to be?

One of the oldest natural sciences Signup and view all the answers

What ancient civilizations are mentioned as having knowledge related to natural sciences?

Sumerians and ancient Egyptians Signup and view all the answers

What is the smallest charge that can exist freely?

1.602×10−19 C Signup and view all the answers

What particles carry negative charge in ordinary matter?

Electrons Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for an object with no net charge?

Electrically neutral Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for the physical property of matter that causes it to experience a force in an electromagnetic field?

Electric charge Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for the property that comes in integer multiples of individual small units called the elementary charge?

Charge Signup and view all the answers

Physics Fundamentals Quiz

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What directly led to the development of products like television, computers, and nuclear weapons?

What does the word 'physics' come from?

Which field of study led to the development of industrialization?

What is astronomy considered to be?

What ancient civilizations are mentioned as having knowledge related to natural sciences?

What is the smallest charge that can exist freely?

What particles carry negative charge in ordinary matter?

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 property that comes in integer multiples of individual small units called the elementary charge?

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