Quiz on High Voltage Technology and Ernest Walton

Who helped develop high voltage technology?

• Ernest Walton

• Jacelyn Bell

• William C. Campbell

• all of the above

What was one of the first particle accelerators capable of?

• Accelerating protons to high energies

• Discovering the pathogen responsible for the potato famine

• Discovering the atom

• Breaking apart organic molecules for the first time in history

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When did Ernest Walton die?

• 1965

• 2014

• 1876

• 1995

With which other scientist did Earnest Walton develop the Cockcroft-Walton accelerator?

• John McMoy

• John Cockcroft

• Adler Yyves

• Charles May

During which year did Walton win the Nobel Prize in nuclear physics?

• 1999

• 1903

• 1951

• 2003

Walton's work in high voltage generation, particularly through the invention of high voltage multipliers, revolutionized the ability to accelerate particles and was essential in both experimental physics and what else?

• Beach topography

• Pulsar discoveries

• Medical application

• All of the above

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Ernest Walton's experiments contributed to which scientific field?

• Thermodynamics

• Nuclear physics

• Organic chemistry

• Fluid dynamics

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The high voltage multipliers designed by Walton and Cockcroft are essential for:

• Electrical circuits in homes

• Accelerating particles in nuclear reactions

• Producing laser light

• Generating magnetic fields in motors

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The splitting of the lithium nucleus demonstrated the principles of:

• Energy conservation

• Mass-energy equivalence

• Quantum tunneling

• Magnetic confinement

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High voltage multipliers are widely used in everyday technologies such as:

• Television cathode-ray tubes

• Solar panels

• Refrigeration systems

• Wind turbines

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