Having To Use Second Year Math On A First Year Physics Class

The Principle of Least Action states that nature always takes the path requiring the least energy—basically, the universe is the ultimate lazy roommate. Physicists love this principle because it elegantly describes everything from how light travels to why planets orbit the way they do. The joke here captures that moment when you've spent so long in theoretical physics that you start wondering if this fundamental principle could literally explain everything ... but you're too deep in academic impostor syndrome to voice your potentially revolutionary (or completely absurd) idea. Classic physics department existential crisis!

Content point of les 30. e alone. e alone. cup of was solute a solvent n but no det ) Plasma e at the si 1) Plasma with very their contes 1) Plasma of potente d) Plasti riment in my at happens by line se substance is heated at a constant rate. Which line segments represent heat being converted into potential energy? a) Aand C b). BandD c) Aand B d) Band C What phase of matter would the substance be at room temperature (about 24°C)? a) Solid b) Liquid c) Gas d) Plasma 31. As time goes by, heat is constantly added to the substance. In which portion of the graph would you expect the particles of matter to have the most energy? a) A b) B c) C d) D 32. Which of these substances is NOT an element? a) salt b) helium c) oxygen d) sodium 33. Water comes from your sink at home is ..... a) an element b) a mixture c) a substance d) a compound You accidentally dump salt into the half-full pepper shaker. You have just created a) a solute b) a mixture c) a solution d) a gigantic rift in the space-time continuum. 33. Sugar is stirred into a glass of water. The sugar is. a) the solute b) the solvent c) the mixture d) made by combining Na with CI. 36. The most common solvent found on Earth is.... a) helium b) paint thinner c) sugar d) water 37 Which below is NOT an example of a mixture? a) salt water b) the Earth's atmosphere c) dumping sand into a bag of marbles. d) These are ALL examples of mixtures. 38. Why is ice NOT a mixture? a) It's made out of just hydrogen. b) It's a compound. It's still just water. 9) You can separate What the ice is made out of. d) . Water is a mixture C8 253 8

Nuclear meltdowns as a personality test! The meme shows corium (that molten radioactive nightmare fuel that forms during nuclear reactor meltdowns) personified as three-headed dragon. Chernobyl and Fukushima are portrayed as terrifying beasts, while Three-Mile Island is the derpy cousin who didn't quite commit to the whole "catastrophic disaster" thing. For the nuclear nerds: corium is what happens when reactor fuel, control rods, and structural materials melt together into a lava-like mass that can burn through concrete and steel. Chernobyl's version (nicknamed "Elephant's Foot") could kill you in minutes just by standing near it. Fukushima created its own hellish blend. Meanwhile, Three-Mile Island had a partial meltdown but contained most of its radioactive material—hence the goofy, relatively harmless face. Nothing says "we've mastered atomic energy" quite like creating substances that can melt through the Earth while giving you radiation poisoning through a concrete wall. Progress!

The ultimate electrical engineering cult. Buddhist monks chanting "Ohm" to a giant resistor while the banner reads "JOIN THE RESISTANCE." It's the perfect circuit for enlightenment - low current, high spiritual impedance. Somewhere, Georg Ohm is either laughing or filing a copyright claim from the afterlife.

The three-headed dragon of physics: two heads looking fierce with legitimate scientific terms, while the third derpy head is just yelling about "magic and mana." This is basically what happens when physicists run out of cool-sounding Latin and Greek words and start describing quantum phenomena with whatever sounds impressive at 3 AM before a grant deadline. "Topological materials" sounds way better than "weird stuff that does unexpected things when you twist it." And let's be honest, "generalized parton distributions" was definitely named by someone trying to make their thesis sound more complicated than it actually was.

Newton's out here dropping physics puns AND thirst traps! 🌈 In this historical remix, Sir Isaac is admiring thicc light spectrums through his prism experiment, but can't exactly publish "I like them thicc af" in the Royal Society journals. Instead, he cleverly rephrases it as his law of universal gravitation: "the greater the mass, the greater the force of attraction." Basically the 17th century equivalent of sliding into DMs with a science pickup line! Gravity isn't just bringing apples down—it's bringing smooth physics game up! 💫