Nobel Prize in Physics

High school (ages 12+)
Science & Technology

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Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. When was Nobel Prize in Physics built?Alfred Nobel's will in 1895
2. What is the administering institution?The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
3. What is the award ceremony location?Stockholm, Sweden
4. Who first won the Nobel Prize in Physics?The first winner was Wilhelm Röntgen, who found X‑rays, which helped doctors look inside the body.
5. When is the Nobel Prize ceremony held?The ceremony takes place every year on December 10th in Stockholm, the day Alfred Nobel died.

Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences: The esteemed body responsible for selecting Nobel laureates in Physics and Chemistry based on their scientific merit.
Alfred Nobel's Will: The legal document that established the Nobel Prizes and their endowment, aiming to reward significant contributions to humanity.
Quantum Mechanics: A fundamental theory in physics describing nature at the smallest scales of energy and matter.
Photoelectric Effect: The emission of electrons when light shines on a material, a phenomenon explained by Albert Einstein.