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UBC Physics 100 Midterm Exam ||Verified Exam!!||
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Hosmer's working definition of physics - Answers-"Physics
is the natural science that is the search for more and more
fundamental quantities in nature, and the way that they act
and are related through more and more fundamental
principles or laws."
From all our readings, the passage I quote most often is
the following one from William Rowan Hamilton's
"Introductory Lecture on Astronomy", Trinity College
Dublin, 1832. Be able to quote it. I think it represents one
of the best summaries of what physics is, from one of the
greatest physicists of all time. Here it is: - Answers-"To
discover laws of nature...seems to me the great design
and office of genuine physical science...to discover the
secret unity and constancy of nature amid its seeming
diversity and mutability..."
What is sometimes called "the central science"? -
Answers-Chemistry
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Which is the "fundamental science"? - Answers-Physics
Physics is considered the most... - Answers-general (in
terms of fundamental)
Biology is considered more... - Answers-complex
Chemistry is considered more... - Answers-precise
Newton's "Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy"
year of first publication - Answers-1687
Newton's "Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy"
one-word abbreviation - Answers-Principia
In what great work did Newton provide an axiomatic
system for explaining motion and nature both on earth and
in the heavens? - Answers-Mathematical Principles of
Natural Philosophy, 1687.
(Principia)
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The mechanical equivalence of heat established by Joule
and the kinetic theory of gases by Boltzmann are
examples of the unification of mechanics/motion
(particularly Newton's laws) and what broad area of
physics which includes such concepts as temperature,
heat, pressure, etc.? - Answers-Thermodynamics
On April 21, 1820, during a demonstration, Hans Christian
Oersted unexpectedly discovered a connection between
what two forces of nature, whose separate existence
mankind had known about for more than 2000 years
without any idea whether or how they might be
connected? - Answers-electricity and magnetism
Who ultimately "unified" the Electric force and Magnetic
force and in so doing unexpectedly provided an
explanation for the nature of light, a question that mankind
has been asking for thousands of years? (He also
produced the first permanent color photograph, which you
can see online by googling "first permanent color
photograph") - Answers-James Clerk Maxwell
What are two great unifications represented in Einstein's
Special Theory of Relativity? - Answers--Spacetime
UBC Physics 100 Midterm Exam ||Verified Exam!!||
Questions and Answers | 2026 Update | 100% Correct
Answers||Newest Exam!!!
Hosmer's working definition of physics - Answers-"Physics
is the natural science that is the search for more and more
fundamental quantities in nature, and the way that they act
and are related through more and more fundamental
principles or laws."
From all our readings, the passage I quote most often is
the following one from William Rowan Hamilton's
"Introductory Lecture on Astronomy", Trinity College
Dublin, 1832. Be able to quote it. I think it represents one
of the best summaries of what physics is, from one of the
greatest physicists of all time. Here it is: - Answers-"To
discover laws of nature...seems to me the great design
and office of genuine physical science...to discover the
secret unity and constancy of nature amid its seeming
diversity and mutability..."
What is sometimes called "the central science"? -
Answers-Chemistry
,2|Page
Which is the "fundamental science"? - Answers-Physics
Physics is considered the most... - Answers-general (in
terms of fundamental)
Biology is considered more... - Answers-complex
Chemistry is considered more... - Answers-precise
Newton's "Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy"
year of first publication - Answers-1687
Newton's "Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy"
one-word abbreviation - Answers-Principia
In what great work did Newton provide an axiomatic
system for explaining motion and nature both on earth and
in the heavens? - Answers-Mathematical Principles of
Natural Philosophy, 1687.
(Principia)
, 3|Page
The mechanical equivalence of heat established by Joule
and the kinetic theory of gases by Boltzmann are
examples of the unification of mechanics/motion
(particularly Newton's laws) and what broad area of
physics which includes such concepts as temperature,
heat, pressure, etc.? - Answers-Thermodynamics
On April 21, 1820, during a demonstration, Hans Christian
Oersted unexpectedly discovered a connection between
what two forces of nature, whose separate existence
mankind had known about for more than 2000 years
without any idea whether or how they might be
connected? - Answers-electricity and magnetism
Who ultimately "unified" the Electric force and Magnetic
force and in so doing unexpectedly provided an
explanation for the nature of light, a question that mankind
has been asking for thousands of years? (He also
produced the first permanent color photograph, which you
can see online by googling "first permanent color
photograph") - Answers-James Clerk Maxwell
What are two great unifications represented in Einstein's
Special Theory of Relativity? - Answers--Spacetime
