125 Physics Projects for the Evil Genius (76 page)

1 km = 1000 m

1 kg = 1000 g

1 m = 100 cm = 1000 mm

1 liter = 1000 mL

1 μm = 1 × 10
⁻⁶
meter

1 nm = 1 × 10
⁻⁹
meter

1 megohm = 1 × 10
⁶
ohm

absolute zero

acceleration

  direction of

  and force

  gravitation determined by a pendulum

  measured by Galileo

  measurement of

accelerometer

air pressure

air track

Aleo, Chris

alligator clip

alpha particles

alternating current (AC)

American Wire Gauge (AWG)

americium

ammeter

angle

  of reflection

  of refraction

  of repose

angular velocity

antimatter (
Angels and Demons
by Dan Brown)

Archimedes’ principle

astronauts

Apollo astronauts

Atwood’s machine

balloon

ballpark estimate

Bardeen, John

basketball

battery

BCS theory

beat frequency

bed of nails

Beatles, The

Bernoulli, Johann

beta particles

big G

birds (and Newton’s third law)

blow dryer

Bohr, Niels

bottle rocket

bowling ball

Brachistochrone

Bradbury, Ray

breakdown voltage

Brewster angle

Brookhaven National Labs

bulb, light

  Christmas tree

  electroscope

  induction

  neon

  number of photons

bullet

buoyant force

buzzer

calculator

candle

capacitor

Cartesian diver

Cash, Johnny

cathode ray tube (CRT)

Cavendish, Henry

center of gravity

center of mass

ceramic

  hotplate top

  radioactive

  superconducting

CERN

chain reaction

Charles’ law

circuit

cloud chamber

coefficient

  of friction

  of volume expansion

collision

  elastic

  inelastic collision

  production of cosmic rays

  subatomic particles

compressor, air

computers

conservation

conservation

  of angular momentum

  of linear momentum

Cooper, Leon

Copernicus, N.

copper

cork gun

Cornell University

cosmic rays

coulomb

CRT

CSI

current

cycloid

Daedalon Corporation

DataStudio

DC power supply

DeGregorio, Brad

diffraction

diffraction grating

diode

discovery

displacement

dollar

Doppler effect

double slit experiment

Dragoiu, T.

drum-gallon

dry ice

dumbbells

Earth

  atmosphere

  magnetic field of

  mass of

Easy Screen

eddy current

Edmunds Scientific

Einstein, Albert

  general relativity

  photoelectric effect

  special relativity

Eisenhower, Dwight David

Eleanor Rigby
, by The Beatles

electron spin

electroscope

elevator

Elihu Thomson, ring tosser

ellipse

energy

equilibrium

ESPN

Excel.

fan car

Faraday, Michael

feather

fish tank

Flinn Scientific

force

  centrifugal (fictitious force)

  centripetal

  electrostatic

  friction

  gravity

  magnetic

free-fall

frequency,

  beat

  fundamental

  natural, resonant

  overtone

Frey Scientific

friction

Galileo Galilei

galvanometer

Gay-Lussac apparatus

general relativity

Gorilla Glue, Tape

Grabowski, Stephen

gravity

gravity well

Greenland

gyroscope

happy/sad balls

heat of fusion, latent heat

Hovercraft

Hover Puck

hydrogen

hydrogen tube

ice

imploding can

impulse, and momentum

index card

index

  of refraction

  of refraction, variable

induction

inertia

insulated wire

interference,

  constructive interference

  destructive interference

  interference pattern

iron

Kepler’s law

kinetic energy

  and photoelectric effect

laser

latex

leaf blower

lens

Lenz’s law

Leyden jar

light

  intensity

  meter

  monochromatic light

  polarized

  speed of

  total internal reflection

light emitting diode (LED)

lightning

liquid nitrogen

Lissajous pattern

little g

logarithmic scale

Maglev train

magnet

  acceleration from

  bending cosmic rays

  braking

  cosmic ray bending from

  cube

  neodymium

  to hold lens on chalkboard

  used in motor

magnetic field,

  of Earth

  on a current in a wire

  on an electron beam

  induction

  levitation

  sensor

  shape of

magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)

magnifying glass

Malus’s law

marshmallow

mass

Maxwell, James Clerk

Meissner effect

Michigan State University

microphone

microwave oven

milk

Millikan, Robert.

Ming dynasty

mirror

Misniak, Tom

moment of inertia

momentum

monkey (and coconut)

moon

motion sensor

mousetrap

multimeter

muon

Mythbusters

NASA

neon bulb

neutral buoyancy

neutron

New Jersey Turnpike

Newton’s cradle

Newton, Sir Isaac

  first law

  second law

  third law

Nobel Prize

non-magnetic material

North Pole

Oersted, Hans

Ohm’s law

oil-drop experiment.
See
Millikan, Robert

optical fibers

optics

oscilloscope

Our Friend the Atom
, by Walt Disney

painter on scaffold problem

paper cup

PASCO Scientific

Peltier effect

pendulum

period

phase change

photoelectric effect.
See
Einstien, Albert

photon

ping-pong

Pisa, Leaning Tower of

Planck’s constant

plasma globe (Sunder Ball)

Play Dough

poker chips

polarizing filters

positron

positron emission tomography (PET)

potential energy

power supply.
See
DC power supply

pressure

  defined

projectile

  at an angle

  defined

  football as

  horizontal projectile

  launcher

  monkey and coconut

protractor

pulley

Pythagorean formula

quantum mechanics

RadioShack

rectangular prism

reflection

refraction

  defined

resistance

  copper

  iron

  measurement

resonance, resonant frequency

right-hand rule

ring tosser

ripple tank

rubber rod

safety

sailboat

Sargent-Welch

satellite

Schrieffer, John

SCUBA

Sears Tower

Seebeck effect

semiconductor heating

series circuit

shaving cream

Silver, Dan

skydivers

smoke detectors

Snell’s law

sodium doublet

solar cell

soldering iron

sound

  meter

  speed of

South Pole

spark

special relativity

specific heat

spirograph

spreadsheet.
See
Excel

spring

spring constant

Sputnik

standing wave

static charge

static equilibrium

static friction

stopwatch

subatomic particles

suction cup

Sunder ball (Plasma Globe)

sunglasses

superposition.
See also
interference

supersaturated vapor

  cloud chamber

tablecloth

temperature sensor (thermocouple)

terminal velocity

tesla coil

Thanksgiving dinner

thermometer

Thomas Young, double slit experiment

Thomson, Elihu

Thomson, J.J.

thorium

tightrope walkers

tone generator

tool bin

torque

Torricelli barometer

transverse wave

truck (birds flying in)

tug of war

tuning fork

turntables

University of Maryland

uranium atom

USB port

van de Graaff generator

Velcro

velocity

  average

  constant

  and kinetic energy

  measurement

  and momentum

  of oil drop

  relationship with centripetal force

  of satellite

  used to find range of a projectile

  versus time

  of wave

video camera

voltage

voltmeter

  AC

  DC

Voyager

wave

  electromagnetic

  light

  longitudinal

  sound

  transverse

waveform generator

wavelength

weightless

Wimshurst machine

work function

yard sale

YBa
₂
Cu
₃
O
₇

Young, Thomas

Zeeman effect