Physics people match Word Scramble
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| Question | Answer |
| Isaac Newton | Said light was made of particles. |
| Thomas Young | Showed that light is a wave. |
| R.D. Oldham | Studied earthquakes waves to show the earth had a liquid core. |
| Albert Einstein | Showed light is a particle through the photoelectric effect. |
| Heinrich Hertz | Unit of Frequency named after him |
| James Maxwell | Found variation in the strength of the electric and magnetic fields |
| Christian Doppler | Doppler effect- stretch waves as they move away and squish them as they move towards you |
| Wilhelm Roentgen | First to identify form of radiation : x-rays |
| Henri Becquerel | Discovered alpha particles as radiation |
| Marie Curie | Discovered alpha particles are coming from the nucleus. |
| James Chadwick | Discovered the nucleus contained neutral particles |
| Maria Mayer/ Hans Jensen | Both put forth independent theories of "nuclear shells" |
| Enrico Fermi | Started the 1st sustained fission reaction |
| Lise Meitner/ Irene Curie | Broke down uranium by adding neutron to its nucleus |
| Ida Noddack | Suggested uranium could break up but no one listened |
| Otto Hahn | Expert in spectroscopy and won the Nobel prize for fission |
| Frederic Joliot | Won a Nobel prize for showing elements can be made radioactive |
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