Questions & Answers
Browse all 20 questions from the
Milestones in Advanced Physics study set below.
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1
Who is credited with formulating the laws of motion and universal gravitation?
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A
Isaac Newton
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B
Albert Einstein
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C
Niels Bohr
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D
Max Planck
2
In which year did Albert Einstein publish his theory of special relativity?
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A
1900
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B
1905
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C
1915
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D
1925
3
Which scientist discovered the electron in 1897?
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A
Ernest Rutherford
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B
J.J. Thomson
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C
James Chadwick
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D
Enrico Fermi
4
Who received the Nobel Prize in Physics for explaining the photoelectric effect?
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A
Werner Heisenberg
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B
Erwin Schrödinger
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C
Albert Einstein
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D
Richard Feynman
5
Marie Curie was the first person to win Nobel Prizes in two different scientific fields: Physics and what else?
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A
Biology
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B
Mathematics
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C
Chemistry
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D
Medicine
6
What subatomic particle did James Chadwick discover in 1932?
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A
Proton
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B
Electron
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C
Neutron
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D
Positron
7
Who developed the planetary model of the atom in 1913?
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A
Niels Bohr
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B
John Dalton
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C
Louis de Broglie
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D
Wolfgang Pauli
8
Which physicist is known for the famous uncertainty principle?
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A
Max Born
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B
Werner Heisenberg
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C
Paul Dirac
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D
Enrico Fermi
9
Who was the first woman to be awarded a Nobel Prize in Physics?
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A
Rosalind Franklin
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B
Lise Meitner
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C
Marie Curie
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D
Ada Lovelace
10
The Manhattan Project, which produced the first nuclear weapons, was led by which physicist?
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A
Robert Oppenheimer
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B
Leo Szilard
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C
Edward Teller
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D
Hans Bethe
11
Which scientist is famous for his work on the development of the quantum theory of light?
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A
Max Planck
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B
Lord Kelvin
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C
Michael Faraday
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D
James Clerk Maxwell
12
Who proposed the existence of antimatter in 1928?
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A
Paul Dirac
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B
Richard Feynman
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C
Murray Gell-Mann
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D
Steven Weinberg
13
What is the name of the constant represented by the letter 'h' in quantum mechanics?
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A
Hubble constant
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B
Planck constant
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C
Boltzmann constant
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D
Avogadro constant
14
Which experimental apparatus was used to demonstrate the existence of the ether wind, but failed to do so?
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A
Stern-Gerlach apparatus
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B
Michelson-Morley interferometer
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C
Cloud chamber
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D
Geiger counter
15
Who coined the term 'radioactivity'?
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A
Henri Becquerel
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B
Marie Curie
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C
Pierre Curie
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D
Ernest Rutherford
16
In 1935, which physicist proposed a thought experiment involving a cat in a box?
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A
Erwin Schrödinger
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B
Niels Bohr
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C
Max Born
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D
Wolfgang Pauli
17
Which particle accelerator project in Switzerland is the world's largest?
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A
Fermilab
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B
CERN
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C
DESY
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D
SLAC
18
Who discovered X-rays in 1895?
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A
Wilhelm Röntgen
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B
Henri Becquerel
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C
J.J. Thomson
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D
Nikola Tesla
19
Which physicist formulated the equations describing the behavior of electromagnetic fields?
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A
James Clerk Maxwell
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B
Andre-Marie Ampere
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C
Michael Faraday
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D
Alessandro Volta
20
Who was the primary developer of the matrix mechanics formulation of quantum mechanics?
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A
Werner Heisenberg
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B
Erwin Schrödinger
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C
Louis de Broglie
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D
Niels Bohr
