Physics Trivia Questions
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What device did Galileo discover could measure consistent time intervals through regular swinging?
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pendulum
What property made lodestones a useful tool for sailors in the 11th century?
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magnetism
What type of 3-dimensional photography uses a laser but no lens?
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holography
What is the fourth dimension in the Einsteinian space-time continuum, alongside time, length, and width?
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height
What is the term for sound that is reflected from an object back to its source?
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echo
Which basic state of matter tends to expand indefinitely when unconfined?
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gas
In the context of colors, what is typically lacking when a color is described as saturated?
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white
What is linked with time in a continuum in the special theory of relativity?
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space
Which part of the spectrum has wavelengths shorter than violet light but longer than X rays?
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ultraviolet
What did Einstein's theory describe as traveling in a stream of particles, leading to the invention of the 'electric eye'?
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light
What travels at a speed of 332 meters per second at sea level?
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sound
What type of intensity is measured in candelas?
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light
What color corresponds to the longest wavelengths of visible light?
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red
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