Science Quiz on Nature and History

The Dead Sea is the saltiest natural lake and the lowest elevation on Earth.

Penicillin was used by the military for three years before public release in 1944.

The Egyptians worshipped the dung beetle, called a scarab.

Your weight decreases slightly as you go down a well

A cloud at ground level is called fog.

A branch of physics that describes the behavior of matter and energy at the atomic and subatomic levels.

The concept that light and matter can exhibit properties of both waves and particles.

A principle stating that it's impossible to know both the position and momentum of a particle with absolute certainty.

Einstein's theory that describes the relationship between space and time, and how they are relative to the observer's motion.

Einstein's theory that describes gravity as a curvature of spacetime.

An object at rest stays at rest, and an object in motion stays in motion with the same speed and direction, unless acted upon by a net force.

The acceleration of an object is directly proportional to the net force acting on it and inversely proportional to its mass. (F=ma)

For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction.

The tendency of an object to resist changes in its motion.

Energy cannot be created or destroyed, only transformed.

The total entropy of an isolated system can only increase over time.

Describes the force between two point charges.

Relates the magnetic field around a closed loop to the electric current flowing through the loop.