Untitled Flashcards Set

Scientist: Ampere, Andre-
Marie

Area of Interest: Physics

Main Idea in Presentation: A magnetic field is produced by
electricity, and its poles are
perpendicular to the direction of the
electric current.

Scientist: Bernoulli, Daniel

Area of Interest: Physics

Main Idea in Presentation: As air moves faster, it applies less
pressure on its surroundings.

Scientist: Boyle, Robert

Area of Interest: Chemistry

Main Idea in Presentation: As the pressure of a gas increases, its
volume will decrease.

Scientist: Curie, Marie

Area of Interest: Chemistry

Main Idea in Presentation: Radioactive elements decompose by
nuclear decay.

Scientist: Franklin, Benjamin

Area of Interest: Physics

Main Idea in Presentation: There are two kinds of electric
charge, positive and negative.

Scientist: Franklin, Rosalind

Area of Interest: Chemistry

Main Idea in Presentation: DNA has a double helix (twisted
ladder) shaped structure.

Scientist: Herschel, Caroline

Area of Interest: Astronomy

Main Idea in Presentation: Telescopes are devices that can be
used to find faraway objects in the
night skies.

Scientist: Joule, James Prescott
Area of Interest: Physics

Main Idea in Presentation: Energy cannot be created or
destroyed, but can only change forms.

Scientist: Julian, Percy

Area of Interest: Chemistry

Main Idea in Presentation: A chemical change is one in which
something new is formed.

Scientist: Lord Kelvin

Area of Interest: Physics

Main Idea in Presentation: Absolute zero is the temperature at
which all motion of molecules stops.

Scientist: Meitner, Lise

Area of Interest: Physics

Main Idea in Presentation: Nuclear fission occurs when an atom
splits in half, and creates a chain
reaction that releases energy.

Scientist: Morgan, Garrett

Area of Interest: Physics

Main Idea in Presentation: Invented the traffic light.

Scientist: Newton, Isaac

Area of Interest: Physics

Main Idea in Presentation: Objects cool off more rapidly when
they are much warmer than their
surroundings.

Scientist: Ohm, Georg Simon

Area of Interest: Physics

Main Idea in Presentation: The electric current through any
circuit is directly proportional to its
voltage.

Scientist: Pascal, Blaise

Area of Interest: Physics

Main Idea in Presentation: The pressure of a fluid on a material
decreases with increasing area.

Scientist: Tesla, Nikola

Area of Interest: Physics

Main Idea in Presentation: Water can be used to generate
alternating electric current.

Scientist: Volta, Alessandro

Area of Interest: Physics

Main Idea in Presentation: Invented a battery made with a pile of
two metals and an acid solution.