Quick Quizzes

Quick Quizzes are the hook that pulls us closer to nature and her inner workings. When we are asked seemingly simple questions, but are held accountable for why we have particular views, we are forced to evaluate our thinking, assess what confidence we have and why we have it, and are able to help enlighten others with our perspective. And most importantly, we must take what nature eventually gives us and restructure our thinking!

Not sure where to start? Take a look at some of our favorite examples in the gallery below! If you are looking for a specific topic, we have categorized all of the quizzes below the gallery. A new quiz will be uploaded to our YouTube every Friday, so be sure to subscribe!

  • Pendulum on Wheels (video, pdf)

  • Ball, Disk, and Hoop on Ramp (video, pdf)

  • Ball Drop Pattern (video, pdf)

  • Five Balls on a Ramp (video, pdf)

  • Three Spring Scales in Series (video, pdf)

  • Three Spring Scales in Parallel (video, pdf)

  • Scales Between Equal Masses on Pulleys (video, pdf)

  • Jumping Up on a Bathroom Scale (video, pdf)

  • Is it Possible to Blow Your Own Sail? (video, pdf)

  • Complex Pulleys (video, pdf)

  • Dropped vs. Thrown Balls (video, pdf)

  • Bullet vs. Shell Falling (video, pdf)

  • Linear vs. Drooping Slope Race (video, pdf)

  • Bounces vs Splat: Does a Basketball or Sandbag Exert More Force When Dropped? (video, pdf)

  • Car vs. Truck Stopping Force (video, pdf)

  • Acceleration at Apex (video, pdf)

  • Same Height, Different Tracks: Can You Predict Which Ball Wins? (video, pdf)

  • Conservation of Momentum: What Happens When a Launcher Fires with No Projectile? (video, pdf)

  • Momentum in Action: What Happens When a Stack of Bouncy Balls Drops (video, pdf)

  • Which String Breaks First? Inertia in Action! (video, pdf)

  • Why Doesn't the Leaning Tower of Pisa Fall? (video, pdf)

  • Inflated vs. Deflated Basketball - Which Give More Force? (pdf)

  • Inflated vs. Deflated Basketball - Which has a greater impact time? (pdf)

  • How Do Car Transmissions Work? The Science Explained! (video, pdf)

  • Hollow Metal Ball Near Negatively Charged Rod (video, pdf)

  • Copper vs Aluminum Wire (video, pdf)

  • Reverse Bias Diode with a Resistor and Two Voltmeters (video, pdf)

  • Magnetic Switch (video, pdf)

  • One Resistor vs. Three Resistors (video, pdf)

  • Capacitance of Separating Plates (video, pdf)

  • Voltage on Separating Charged Metal Plates (video, pdf)

  • On-Off-On Two Single Pole-Double Throw Switches (video, pdf)

  • Three Diodes and Lamp (video, pdf)

  • What Radius Gives Half The Resistance (video, pdf)

  • Electrical Shunts (video, pdf)

  • Three Resistor - Which Has the Greatest Voltage Drop (video, pdf)

  • Variable Inductor - AC (video, pdf)

  • Coil and Bulbs - DC (video, pdf)

  • Can You Predict Which Bulb Will Light Up? AC Power and Parallel Diodes Test! (video, pdf)

  • The Surprising Truth About "Overcharging" a Capacitor (And the Explosive Consequences) (video, pdf)

  • Building a 400,000 Volt Doorbell with a Van de Graff Generator (video, pdf)

  • How Do Lightning Rods Work? A Classic Van de Graff Experiment (video, pdf)

  • Using Physics to Make a Simple Metronome Circuit (video, pdf)

  • What Does Electricity Sound Like? (video, pdf)

  • Can we See Sound (video, pdf)

  • Building a Binary Counter: Using Simple Circuits to Explain How Computers Count! (video, pdf)

  • Rope Around the Earth (video, pdf)

  • Einstein’s Relativity and the Limits of Arithmetic (video, pdf)

  • How Does a Computer Count (video, pdf)

  • Building a Binary Counter: Using Simple Circuits to Explain How Computers Count (video, pdf)

  • What Is the Fibonacci Sequence? Discover it for Yourself! (video, pdf)

  • Common Pitfalls in Data Collection. (video, pdf)

Thermodynamics

  • Mastering Power and Torque: Understanding the Secrets Behind Modern Transmissions (video, pdf)

  • Cooling Steam and Air Pressure: Can You Predict the Tomato’s Fate? (video, pdf)

  • Ball and Ring Heating (video, pdf)

  • Magnetic Energy Ball

  • Loop-the-Loop

  • Refrigerator (pdf)

  • Flubber (pdf)