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Question 1

How do Cooper pairs relate to superconductivity?

Answer 1

d. All Cooper pairs act as one entity so current can’t be easily stopped

Question 2

What is true about the Meissner effect?

Answer 2

c. Involves the repulsion of magnetic fields

Question 3

Superconductors are…

Answer 3

b. Materials that form cooper pairs when cooled below their critical temperature

Question 4

Superconductors have no ______ beyond a certain critical temperature:

Answer 4

1. Resistance

Question 5

All particles are the _____ of fields:

Answer 5

4. Agitation

Question 6

The speed of light decreases by half (due to refraction), the energy of a particle will:

Answer 6

3. Decrease by 4x

Question 7

.What is the Higgs boson?

Answer 7

d) The fundamental particle associated with the Higgs field

Question 8

2.The Higgs field is responsible for:

Answer 8

c) Provides mass to fundamental particles.

Question 9

.The primary source of mass:

Answer 9

Binding energy

Question 10

1. What was the purpose of the Michelson-Morley Experiment?

Answer 10

b. To detect the presence of the luminiferous ether.

Question 11

2. What did the Michelson-Morley Experiment conclude?

Answer 11

. The speed of light is constant in all directions.

Question 12

3. Which instrument was used in the Michelson-Morley Experiment?

Answer 12

Interferometer

Question 13

A rocket is traveling from earth through space at a speed of 2.7x10^8 ms-1. The
pilot measures the journey to take 240 minutes. How long does mission control on
Earth think the flight lasted for? (Hint: C = 3,000,000 m/s)

Answer 13

a) 550 min

Question 14

Which of the following statements best describes time dilation?

Answer 14

c) Time slows down as an object approaches the speed of light.

Question 15

Which of the following statements best explains why time dilation is not constant
for all observers, even though the speed of light in a vacuum is constant for all
observers?

Answer 15

Time dilation is a result of relative motion between observers.

Question 16

Which of the following is NOT true about gravity in General Relativity?

Answer 16

) Gravity is an attractive force between two masses

Question 17

What does Einstein’s field equation represent?

Answer 17

Both b and c

Question 18

Why is tensor analysis used in General Relativity?

Answer 18

d) all of the above

Question 19

Which of the following tasks is not suitable for SVM?

Answer 19

Determine how many engines should be on an aircraft

Question 20

Which of the following tasks is not suitable for a Neural Network Model?

Answer 20

Determine the location on moon from an image

Question 21

. Which of the following reasons is not one of the reasons that is preventing AI/ML from taking a more critical role in aerospace softwares?

Answer 21

Accuracy

Question 22

Question 1: What is an exoplanet?

Answer 22

planet that orbits a star outside the solar system

Question 23

Question 2: How do scientists detect exoplanets?

Answer 23

A) By looking for chanGes in starlight caused by planets passing in front of their host star

Question 24

Why is the research of exoplanets important?

Answer 24

To investigate the possibility of extraterrestrial life

Question 25

What is similar between the electron and positron?

Answer 25

Mass

Question 26

What physicist came up with the theory of antimatter?

Answer 26

Paul Dirac

Question 27

What is the most complex antimatter element we have made so far?

Answer 27

) Antihelium

Question 28

1. How does a string move through space time?

Answer 28

worldsheet

Question 29

2. What is the unit of the action of a string?

Answer 29

Kg (m²/s)

Question 30

3. What is String Theory also known as?

Answer 30

Theory of Everything