The Double-Slit Experiment
  • 1. Who conducted the original double-slit experiment?
A) Thomas Young
B) Max Planck
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) Interference pattern
C) Concentric circles
D) Single slit 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 becomes stronger
C) The interference pattern rotates
D) The interference pattern disappears
  • 4. What concept suggests that particles can exist in multiple states until they are observed?
A) Duality
B) Entanglement
C) Tunnelling
D) Superposition
  • 5. In wave-particle duality, particles exhibit both _______ and _______ properties.
A) Visible, invisible
B) Particle, wave
C) Positive, negative
D) Solid, liquid
  • 6. Which scientist proposed the Copenhagen interpretation, relating to the double-slit experiment?
A) Louis de Broglie
B) Werner Heisenberg
C) Niels Bohr
D) Erwin Schrödinger
  • 7. What philosophical debate does the double-slit experiment raise regarding reality?
A) The existence of matter
B) The concept of time
C) The nature of observation
D) The laws of motion
  • 8. Which term describes the behavior where particles are linked regardless of distance?
A) Quantum tunnelling
B) Wave function collapse
C) Quantum entanglement
D) Superposition
  • 9. What term describes the propagation of waves around obstacles?
A) Reflection
B) Absorption
C) Refraction
D) Diffraction
Created with That Quiz — where test making and test taking are made easy for math and other subject areas.