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