The Double-Slit Experiment
  • 1. Who conducted the original double-slit experiment?
A) Max Planck
B) Thomas Young
C) Isaac Newton
D) Albert Einstein
  • 2. What pattern is observed on the screen behind the double slits when particles exhibit wave behavior?
A) Random scattering
B) Single slit pattern
C) Concentric circles
D) Interference pattern
  • 3. What happens to the interference pattern if there is an observer measuring which slit the particle goes through?
A) The interference pattern repeats
B) The interference pattern disappears
C) The interference pattern becomes stronger
D) The interference pattern rotates
  • 4. What concept suggests that particles can exist in multiple states until they are observed?
A) Duality
B) Tunnelling
C) Entanglement
D) Superposition
  • 5. In wave-particle duality, particles exhibit both _______ and _______ properties.
A) Solid, liquid
B) Positive, negative
C) Visible, invisible
D) Particle, wave
  • 6. Which scientist proposed the Copenhagen interpretation, relating to the double-slit experiment?
A) Niels Bohr
B) Werner Heisenberg
C) Louis de Broglie
D) Erwin Schrödinger
  • 7. What philosophical debate does the double-slit experiment raise regarding reality?
A) The nature of observation
B) The laws of motion
C) The concept of time
D) The existence of matter
  • 8. Which term describes the behavior where particles are linked regardless of distance?
A) Quantum tunnelling
B) Quantum entanglement
C) Superposition
D) Wave function collapse
  • 9. What term describes the propagation of waves around obstacles?
A) Diffraction
B) Reflection
C) Refraction
D) Absorption
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