Understanding Quantum Physics

Understanding Quantum Physics

Assessment

Interactive Video

Physics

11th - 12th Grade

Practice Problem

Hard

Created by

Nancy Jackson

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10 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What did Young's double-slit experiment demonstrate about the nature of light?

Light behaves as a wave.

Light is neither a wave nor a particle.

Light behaves as a particle.

Light is a form of sound.

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What was the key mystery in the photoelectric effect that Einstein addressed?

Why light can be seen in the dark.

Why light can bend around corners.

Why some colors of light can eject electrons while others cannot.

Why light travels faster than sound.

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

According to Einstein, what form does light take?

Continuous waves

Discrete particles

Electric currents

Magnetic fields

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What paradox arises from the wave-particle duality of light?

Light cannot travel through a vacuum.

Light cannot be both a wave and a particle.

Light cannot be measured accurately.

Light cannot be seen by the human eye.

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What happens to the interference pattern when electrons are measured in the double-slit experiment?

The pattern remains unchanged.

The pattern becomes random.

The pattern disappears.

The pattern becomes more pronounced.

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Who developed the equation describing the wave-like behavior of electrons?

Erwin Schrödinger

Niels Bohr

Albert Einstein

Max Planck

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What does the wave function represent in quantum mechanics?

The color of light

The speed of light

The probability of finding a particle in a given location

The energy of a photon

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