Physics Prompts

Explain all four of Maxwell's equations in plain language before notation, covering electric and magnetic fields, with one Gauss's law practice question.

Practice calculating the voltage drop across a length of wire from its gauge, length, and current, with a full worked answer key.

Practice identifying real action-reaction force pairs in everyday scenarios, either by checking a given situation or generating new scenarios with a full worked answer key.

Solve for final velocities in an elastic collision or the shared velocity in a perfectly inelastic collision, verifying results against kinetic energy conservation.

Solve for the remaining quantity, elapsed time, or half-life of a radioactive sample using the decay formula, with substitution and unit steps shown and verified.

Solve for the period, frequency, or missing quantity of a mass-spring system or pendulum using the harmonic motion formula, with every step shown and verified.

Solve for average velocity or average acceleration with every substitution and unit shown, verifying the final answer against the original equation.

Solve for the rate of heat conduction through a material using Fourier's law, with substitution steps shown, or explain the formula through a worked example.

Generate an RC circuit's time constant, charge, voltage, or current at a chosen moment, with every calculation step shown and the result verified.

Generate or check projectile motion problems solving for range, maximum height, and time of flight using horizontal and vertical equations, with a worked answer key.

Practice converting between wavelength, frequency, and photon energy across the electromagnetic spectrum, checking a given answer or generating new problems with an answer key.

Solve for the angle of refraction, angle of incidence, or index of refraction using Snell's law, or find the critical angle for total internal reflection.

Solve for electric potential at a point or potential energy between two charges, with the two related but distinct quantities told apart clearly.

Solve for a circuit's equivalent resistance from series and parallel resistors, or the current and voltage at each resistor, with every step checked.

Explain and compare alpha, beta, and gamma decay, covering the emitted particle, changes to mass and atomic number, the resulting element, and a worked equation.

Solve for magnetic force on a moving charge or current-carrying wire, and explain the right-hand rule that determines the force's direction through a worked example.

Solve for capacitor charge, capacitance, or voltage using Q = CV, calculate stored energy, or explain the formula with a worked example.

Solve for specific gravity, density, or whether a substance floats or sinks in water, using specific gravity equals density over water's density, with units shown.

Solve for a power plant's thermal efficiency, work output, or heat input using the efficiency formula, or convert a heat rate into an efficiency percentage.

Generate a solved answer for torque, applied force, or moment arm using tau equals r F sine theta, with every step shown and unit tracked.

Solve for density, mass, or volume using rho equals m over V, with every substitution and unit shown and verified, or explain the formula.

Practice free body diagrams and equilibrium equations by checking submitted work against a scenario or generating a fresh statics scenario with a worked answer key.

Solve for force, mass, or acceleration using Newton's second law, with every substitution and unit verified, or explain the law through a worked example.

Solve for induced EMF, magnetic flux, or rate of flux change using Faraday's law, with substitutions verified, or explain Lenz's law with a worked example.