What do most people say for “Name a law or principle in physics”?

The usual first answers are Newton's first law, Newton's second law and Newton's third law. In Icillion they are worth 10 points each, the least of any level.

How many answers are there to “Name a law or principle in physics”?

23 in all: 3 on The Tip, 5 Below the Surface, 6 in The Deep, 8 in The Abyss, and a single legendary answer Below the Iceberg.

Which answers to “Name a law or principle in physics” are the shortest and the longest?

The shortest accepted answer is “Ohm's law” and the longest is “Heisenberg uncertainty principle”.

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Name a law or principle in physics

“Name a law or principle in physics” is one of 31 science prompts in Icillion. Of its 23 accepted answers, 3 are the ones nearly everyone says first; the rest sink deeper the rarer they are.

The tip of the iceberg

Right, but shallow: 3 answers nearly everyone thinks of, worth 10 points each.

Newton's first law
Newton's second law
Newton's third law

One step down

These 5 are known, but not the first thing people say. 25 points each:

Ohm's law
Hooke's law
Archimedes' principle
Bernoulli's principle
Coulomb's law

Answers by level

Level	Accepted answers	Points
The Tip	3	10
Below the Surface	5	25
The Deep	6	50
The Abyss	8	85
Below the Iceberg	1	100

The Deep holds 6 answers starting with B, F, G, L, P and S. The Abyss has 8 more, and one legendary answer waits below them all.

By the numbers

23 answers in total, 23 of them longer than one word.
Shortest: “Ohm's law”. Longest: “Heisenberg uncertainty principle”.
B, H and N are the most common first letters; together they start 39% of the answers.

Tips for a rarer answer

Start with B: 3 of the answers begin with it.
Newton's first law, Newton's second law and Newton's third law are safe but shallow. Aim past them.
Units of measurement go far beyond metres and grams.

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