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This famous two-letter equation, published in 1905, demonstrates that a small amount of matter contains enormous amounts of energy.
Difficulty: Easy- PV=nRT
- E=hf
- E=mc²
- F=ma
This phenomenon explains why electrons are ejected from metals when light of sufficient frequency shines on them.
Difficulty: Medium- Compton scattering
- Photoelectric effect
- Thermionic emission
- Field emission
This type of constraint can be expressed as equations involving only coordinates, not velocities, such as a pendulum's fixed length.
Difficulty: Hard- Non-holonomic constraint
- Holonomic constraint
- Scleronomic constraint
- Rheonomic constraint
This invisible force field surrounds every magnet and allows it to attract iron objects without touching them.
Difficulty: Easy- Magnetic field
- Gravity field
- Electric current
- Sound wave
This French chemist developed the germ theory of disease, created vaccines for rabies and anthrax, and invented a heat treatment to make beverages safer.
Difficulty: Medium- Louis Pasteur
- Joseph Lister
- Robert Koch
- Edward Jenner
This parameter in black hole thermodynamics equals one quarter of the event horizon area in Planck units, first derived by combining quantum mechanics with relativity.
Difficulty: Hard- Temperature
- Surface gravity
- Entropy
- Free energy
According to legend, a falling apple inspired this scientist to develop his theory of gravity in the 1680s.
Difficulty: Easy- Galileo Galilei
- Johannes Kepler
- Isaac Newton
- Robert Hooke
This country served as the birthplace and lifelong home of the physicist who revolutionized our understanding of motion and light.
Difficulty: Medium- England
- France
- Netherlands
- Germany
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