Physics Fundamentals Quiz
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What led directly to the development of new products like television, computers, domestic appliances, and nuclear weapons?

  • Advances in mechanics
  • Advances in ancient astronomy
  • Advances in thermodynamics
  • Advances in electromagnetism, solid-state physics, and nuclear physics (correct)

    • Which ancient civilization is mentioned as having knowledge of natural sciences dating before 3000 BCE?

  • Ancient Egyptians
  • Romans
  • Greeks
  • Sumerians (correct)

    • What does the word 'physics' come from?

  • Greek φυσική (phusikḗ 'natural science')
  • Latin physica ('study of nature') (correct)
  • Sumerian term for natural science
  • Latin term derived from Greek φύσις (phúsis 'origin, nature, property')

    • What did advances in thermodynamics lead to?

    <p>The development of industrialization</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is considered one of the oldest natural sciences?

    <p>Astronomy</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the study of stationary electric charges and the forces they exert known as?

    <p>Electrostatics</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the SI unit of electric charge?

    <p>Coulomb</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does Coulomb's law describe?

    <p>The force between stationary electric charges</p> Signup and view all the answers

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