CLEAN : Japanese Canadian win Nobel Physics Prize

CLEAN : Japanese Canadian win Nobel Physics Prize

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Physics, Science, Other

11th Grade - University

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The 2015 Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded to Takaaki Kajita and Arthur B. McDonald for their groundbreaking discovery of neutrino oscillations, which demonstrated that neutrinos have mass. This discovery has significant implications for our understanding of particle physics and the fundamental properties of the universe.

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which organization is responsible for awarding the Nobel Prize in Physics?

The Nobel Foundation

The Swedish Government

The International Physics Union

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

In which year was the Nobel Prize in Physics awarded to Takaaki Kajita and Arthur B. McDonald?

2014

2015

2016

2017

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Who were the recipients of the 2015 Nobel Prize in Physics?

Albert Einstein and Niels Bohr

Takaaki Kajita and Arthur B. McDonald

Marie Curie and Pierre Curie

Richard Feynman and Paul Dirac

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What was the significant discovery made by Takaaki Kajita and Arthur B. McDonald?

The Higgs boson

Neutrinos have mass

Quantum entanglement

Gravitational waves

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What property of neutrinos was discovered by the Nobel laureates?

They have mass

They travel faster than light

They are composed of quarks

They are massless