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Question 1

An English physicist and mathematician who formulated laws on universal gravitation and motion

Answer 1

Isaac Newton

Question 2

Published works of Newton

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Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica (Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy) and Opticks

Question 3

The first law states that any motion stays in motion unless there is an external force that stops it or changes its direction.

Answer 3

Law of Inertia

Question 4

The second law defines force; force is a product of mass and acceleration

Answer 4

Law of Acceleration

Question 5

For every action, there is an equal but opposite reaction.

Answer 5

Law of Interaction

Question 6

The Principia by Newton Book 1:

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Motion of bodies moving without resistance

Question 7

The Principia Book 2:

Answer 7

Motion as a resisting medium

Question 8

The Principia Book 3:

Answer 8

“System of the world”

Question 9

Stated that every particle in the universe attracts every other particle with a force equal to the product of the two particles’ masses (m1 and m2) divided by the square of the distance (d) between them

Answer 9

Law on universal gravitation

Question 10

Universal constant of gravitation

Answer 10

G (6.673 x 10^-11 m^3/kg-s^2)

Question 11

The impulse product of the force multiplied by the time acted on the body) is equal to

Answer 11

the change in momentum of the body

Question 12

States that the momentum of a system before and after collision must be equal

Answer 12

Law of conservation of momentum

Question 13

States that in an isolated system, the total energy remains constant over time

Answer 13

Law of conservation of energy

Question 14

A French physicist who invented the torsion balance in 1777

Answer 14

Charles Augustin de Coulomb

Question 15

A device used for measuring the force of magnetic and electrical attraction

Answer 15

Torsion balance

Question 16

States that the magnitude of the electric force between two point charges is directly proportional to the product of the charges and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between them

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Coulomb’s Law

Question 17

A Danish physicist and chemist who discovered that a magnetic needle is deflected perpendicular to a current-carrying wire

Answer 17

Hans Christian Oersted

Question 18

A French scientist who conducted further experiments on the relationship of electricity and magnetism

Answer 18

Andre Marie Ampere

Question 19

Law which states that the direction of the magnetic field

Answer 19

Ampere’s Law

Question 20

A French astronomer and physicist who magnetized an iron by putting it near a current-carrying wire, which resulted in electromagnets

Answer 20

Dominique Jean Arago

Question 21

A British physicist and chemist who was best known for his discoveries of the laws of electrolysis and electromagnetic induction

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Michael Faraday

Question 22

Faraday’s experiment which paved the way of the advancements of electric motor where he was able to observe that a current-carrying wire will rotate around a magnet that’s fixed at the bottom of a solution of mercury

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Electromagnetic rotation: Electric motor

Question 23

Showed that moving a magnet near a wire induces electric current in the wire

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Electromagnetic (Magneto-electric) induction

Question 24

Defined as the creation of an electric current in a conductor that moves across a magnetic field

Answer 24

Induction

Question 25

Magnetic effect caused by an electric effect

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Oersted’s experiment

Question 26

Electric effect caused by a magnetic effect

Answer 26

Faraday’s 1st induction experiment