Physics Fundamentals Quiz

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The word 'physics' comes from the Latin 'physica' ('study of nature'), which is a borrowing of the Greek 'φυσική' (phusikḗ 'natural science')

The Greek term 'φύσις' (phúsis) means 'origin, nature, property'

<p>Sumerians, ancient Egyptians</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

<p>The Universal Gravitation Equation, according to Newton's Law of Universal Gravitation, is given by $F = G\frac{m_1m_2}{r^2}$, where $F$ is the gravitational force between bodies, $m_1$ and $m_2$ are the masses of the bodies, $r$ is the distance between the centres of two bodies, and $G$ is the universal gravitational constant.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The value of the universal gravitational constant (G) is $6.673 \times 10^{-11} N m^2/kg^2$.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Henry Cavendish experimentally determined the precise value of the universal gravitational constant (G).</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The Universal Gravitational Law can explain almost anything, right from how an apple falls from a tree to why the moon revolves around the earth.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Newton’s Law of Universal Gravitation states that every particle attracts every other particle in the universe with force directly proportional to the product of the masses and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between them.</p> Signup and view all the answers