What Physics Facts Are False? #1

Can you spot the false physics fact in each of the questions? (1 question: 3 true, 1 false. Click on the false one)

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1. The laws of Newton are:

Every object moves in a straight line unless acted upon by a force ✓

Every object gets affected by an external force ✓

For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction. ✓

2. Galileo Galilei discovered these Jovian moons:

Europa ✓

Callisto ✓

Thebe ✓

Io ✓

3. Proxima Centauri is this close to the Sun:

3.8ly ✓

4.2ly ✓

265,613AU ✓

2.469x10^14 miles ✓

4. These wavelengths are beyond human vision:

380nm-700nm ✓

780nm-1mm ✓

100nm-400nm ✓

0.1cm-10cm ✓

5. The 5 types of waves are:

Transverse ✓

Mechanical ✓

Seismic ✓

Longitudinal ✓

Plasma ✓

6. The sun is smaller than these other stars:

Sirius ✓

Gliese 299 ✓

Aldebaran ✓

Rigel ✓

7. These physicists were the pioneers of quantum mechanics:

Max Planck ✓

Niels Bohr ✓

Werner Heisenberg ✓

Ernest Rutherford ✓

8. These particles are bigger than a quark:

Neutrino ✓

Electron ✓

Neutron ✓

Muon ✓

9. These forces are stronger than gravity:

Strong force ✓

Weak force ✓

Motion force ✓

Electromagnetic force ✓

10. These are the relativities set out by Einstein:

Normal relativity ✓

Special relativity ✓

General relativity ✓

11. Spacetime warps from these objects:

Stars ✓

Magnetic fields ✓

Black holes ✓

Asteroids ✓

12. These travel slower than light:

Gravity ✓

Magnetic force ✓

Sound ✓

Wind ✓

13. These are the stages the sun will go through in its life:

Red giant ✓

White dwarf ✓

Black hole ✓

14. These telescopes orbit in space:

JWST ✓

Hubble ✓

Chandra ✓

Keck telescope ✓

15. These facilities are able to detect gravitational waves:

LIGO ✓

FEMTO ✓

VIRGO ✓

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