Gravity - Quiz
A) Philosophically B) Mathematically C) Geometrically D) Verbally
A) To disprove Newtonian physics B) Depending on the problem or to gain physical intuition C) To satisfy historical requirements D) Because one model is always incorrect
A) Inverse cube law B) Law of nonlocal forces C) Inverse square law D) Law of universal acceleration
A) Velocity of the objects B) Volume of the objects C) Mass of the objects D) Distance between the objects squared
A) Orbit in circles B) Move away from each other C) Accelerate towards each other D) Remain completely stationary
A) Instantaneous B) Local C) Nonlocal D) Constant
A) It only applies to planetary orbits B) It is completely false C) It requires the theory of relativity to work D) It does not explain the root cause of the force
A) Black hole evaporation B) Quantum entanglement C) Cannon ball trajectories D) Time dilation
A) Atmospheric pressure B) Sound waves C) Tidal motion D) Magnetic fields
A) Atomic orbits B) Planetary orbits C) Electron orbits D) Cometary plasma orbits
A) Electromagnetism B) Quantum mechanics C) The concept of relativity D) Thermodynamics
A) Simple and straightforward B) Enormously complex C) Mathematically impossible D) Already completed by Newton
A) Its own gravitational field B) A magnetic shield C) A centrifugal barrier D) A vacuum layer
A) Ocean tides and seasonal temperature B) Moon phases and solar radiation C) Latitude, surface features, and sub-surface densities D) Wind speed and atmospheric pressure
A) At the highest mountain peak B) At the South Pole C) At the equator D) At the North Pole
A) 9.750 m/s2 B) 9.780 m/s2 C) 9.832 m/s2 D) 9.806 m/s2
A) 9.806 m/s2 B) 9.780 m/s2 C) 9.850 m/s2 D) 9.832 m/s2
A) When the Earth stops rotating B) When lunar gravity increases suddenly C) When water temperature reaches boiling point D) When gravitational equilibrium is disturbed
A) Earthquakes on land B) Wind C) Solar flares D) Changes in Earth's mass
A) In a parabola B) In a perfect circle C) In a straight line D) In an ellipse
A) The stars and distant galaxies B) The Moon and artificial satellites C) Space dust and solar wind D) Comets and asteroids only
A) The oldest and densest pair B) The hottest and fastest pair C) The most massive and closest pair D) The smallest and farthest pair
A) Centrifugal momentum B) Thermal gas pressure C) Magnetic repulsion D) Electron degeneracy pressure
A) The absorption of solar radiation B) The expansion of the volume C) The gas radiating energy D) The creation of a magnetic field
A) Complete magnetic saturation B) Pressures sufficient for nuclear fusion C) Infinite electron degeneracy D) Absolute zero temperature
A) A brown dwarf B) A black hole C) A star D) A planet
A) Gravitational collapse B) Hydrostatic equilibrium C) Thermal instability D) Centrifugal balance
A) When planets begin to orbit it B) When it absorbs a brown dwarf C) When the star reaches maximum speed D) When the star's atomic fuel runs out
A) They slowly cool as white dwarf stars B) They turn into gas-giant planets C) They explode into massive supernovae D) They immediately collapse into black holes
A) Electron degeneracy pressure B) Neutron degeneracy pressure C) Thermal gas pressure D) Radiation pressure
A) A red giant phase B) A supernova phase C) A neutron star phase D) A brown dwarf phase
A) An iron core B) A carbon ring C) A helium shell D) A hydrogen cloud
A) They quietly cool into white dwarfs B) They dissolve into thermal gas C) They turn into gas-giant planets D) They become unstable and produce a supernova
A) Neutron degeneracy pressure B) Thermal gas pressure C) Electron degeneracy pressure D) Centrifugal force
A) A red giant B) A black hole C) A brown dwarf D) A white dwarf
A) Neutron particles B) Thermal radiation C) Magnetic fields D) Light
A) Gravitation B) Electromagnetism C) Centrifugal force D) Inertia
A) Gravitas B) Granum C) Gradus D) Gravis
A) Zero range B) Subatomic range C) Limited to planetary systems D) Infinite range
A) Galileo Galilei B) Johannes Kepler C) Albert Einstein D) Isaac Newton
A) Kepler's B) Einstein's C) Galileo's D) Newton's
A) Fluid dynamics B) Classical mechanics C) Quantum mechanics D) Thermodynamics
A) Charge B) Temperature C) Volume D) Weight
A) Earthquakes B) Lunar tides C) Solar flares D) Auroras
A) Photosynthesis B) Transpiration C) Gravitropism D) Respiration
A) Planetary systems B) Subatomic particles C) Astronomical bodies D) Galaxies
A) Fire B) Aether C) Air D) Earth
A) Vitruvius B) Al-Khazini C) Plutarch D) Aristotle
A) Brahmagupta B) John Philoponus C) Archimedes D) Al-Biruni
A) De architectura B) impetus C) gurutvākarṣaṇ D) aether
A) 628 CE B) 6th century CE C) 500 CE D) 700 CE
A) Al-Khazini B) Al-Biruni C) Aristotle D) Plutarch
A) Brahmagupta B) Al-Khazini C) Archimedes D) Al-Biruni
A) Aether B) Water C) Earth D) Fire
A) Galileo Galilei B) Domingo de Soto C) Giambattista Benedetti D) Simon Stevin
A) Pythagoras B) Aristotle C) Socrates D) Plato
A) Domingo de Soto B) Luca Ghini C) Simon Stevin D) Francesco Beato E) Giambattista Benedetti
A) 1551 B) 1609 C) 1586 D) 1638
A) Rocks B) Wooden spheres C) Feathers D) Cannonballs
A) Rolling balls down inclines B) Astronomical observations C) Dropping objects from towers D) Measuring pendulum oscillations
A) An Attempt to prove the Annual Motion of the Earth B) Astronomia nova C) Two New Sciences D) Micrographia
A) Statistical analysis B) Geometric proofs C) Differential calculus D) Graphical numerical integration
A) By measuring pendulum oscillations B) By timing balls rolling down inclines C) By dropping cannonballs from towers D) By observing planetary motion
A) Tycho Brahe B) Robert Hooke C) Giovanni Alfonso Borelli D) Johannes Kepler
A) Johannes Kepler B) Robert Hooke C) Isaac Newton D) Galileo Galilei
A) Micrographia B) Astronomia nova C) An Attempt to prove the Annual Motion of the Earth D) Two New Sciences
A) Robert Hooke B) Isaac Newton C) Giovanni Alfonso Borelli D) Johannes Kepler
A) Giovanni Alfonso Borelli B) Robert Hooke C) Tycho Brahe D) Isaac Newton
A) 1657 B) 1686 C) 1679 D) 1666
A) Hooke B) Bouvard C) Wren D) Halley
A) Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems B) De motu corporum in gyrum C) Opticks D) Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica
A) Pendulums B) Prisms C) Free-falling apples D) Torsion balances
A) Isaac Newton B) Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz C) Robert Hooke D) Ismaël Bullialdus
A) Neptune B) Mars C) Uranus D) Mercury
A) Arthur Eddington B) Alexis Bouvard C) John Couch Adams D) Urbain Le Verrier
A) Edmond Halley B) Henry Cavendish C) Irwin I. Shapiro D) Isaac Newton
A) Alexis Bouvard B) Bernhard Riemann C) Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz D) Albert Einstein
A) 1915 B) 1684 C) 1905 D) 1959
A) Gauss B) Riemann C) Galileo D) Maxwell
A) Ismaël Bullialdus B) Albert Einstein C) Carl Gauss D) Bernhard Riemann
A) Bernhard Riemann B) James Clerk Maxwell C) Alexis Bouvard D) Isaac Newton
A) Arthur Eddington B) Glen Rebka C) Irwin I. Shapiro D) Robert Pound
A) Henry Cavendish B) Arthur Eddington C) Irwin I. Shapiro D) Urbain Le Verrier
A) Gravity Probe B B) Neptune Prime C) Mercury Alpha D) Cygnus X-1
A) Frame dragging B) Gravitational time dilation C) Light deflection D) Perihelion precession
A) 2017 B) 1993 C) 1973 D) 2015
A) Sirius binary B) Betelgeuse system C) Hulse–Taylor binary D) Alpha Centauri
A) 2017 B) 1973 C) 2015 D) 1993
A) 14 September 1993 B) 14 September 2017 C) 14 September 1973 D) 14 September 2015
A) LIGO detectors B) Voyager probes C) Keck observatory D) Hubble telescope
A) The collision of the Milky Way and Andromeda B) The formation of the Moon C) The Big Bang D) The death of the Sun
A) 2015 B) 1973 C) 1993 D) 2017
A) About 3/4 B) About 1/6 C) About 1/2 D) About 5/6
A) Nuclear interactions B) Thermal interactions C) Electromagnetic interactions D) Gravitational interactions
A) Dark matter halos B) Gravitational lenses C) Einstein rings D) Quasar mirrors
A) 2017 B) 1930 C) 1979 D) 1995
A) Arizona B) Nevada C) California D) New Mexico
A) The Milky Way B) Andromeda C) YGKOW G1 D) LIGO Virgo
A) About 130 million light-years B) About 1,300 light-years C) About 130 billion light-years D) About 13 million light-years
A) Flyby anomaly B) Pioneer anomaly C) Rotation anomaly D) Lensing anomaly |
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