Max Planck, Quantum Theory
- 1. Who is known as the father of quantum theory?
A) Max Planck
B) Albert Einstein
C) Werner Heisenberg
D) Niels Bohr
- 2. In what year did Max Planck propose the revolutionary idea of quantization of energy?
A) 1900
B) 1885
C) 1910
D) 1925
- 3. Which phenomenon does quantum theory address that classical physics cannot explain?
A) Blackbody radiation
B) Kepler's laws of planetary motion
C) Maxwell's equations
D) Newton's laws of motion
- 4. Which branch of physics deals with the behavior of matter and energy at atomic and subatomic scales?
A) Classical mechanics
B) Quantum mechanics
C) Electrodynamics
D) Thermodynamics
- 5. What is the term for the phenomenon where two particles become entangled and their properties are correlated regardless of the distance between them?
A) Entanglement
B) Duality
C) Superposition
D) Quantization
- 6. Who developed the famous uncertainty principle that states the position and momentum of a particle cannot both be precisely determined?
A) Werner Heisenberg
B) Erwin Schrödinger
C) Paul Dirac
D) Richard Feynman
- 7. The theory of quantum mechanics served as the foundation for the development of which computing technology?
A) Cloud computing
B) Analog computing
C) Quantum computing
D) Digital computing
- 8. What is the term for the principle that describes the ability of a system to exist in multiple states at the same time?
A) Duality
B) Superposition
C) Entanglement
D) Quantization
- 9. What is the term for the process of connecting quantum systems across large distances through entanglement?
A) Entanglement transfer
B) Quantum teleportation
C) Quantum entanglement
D) Quantum synchronization
- 10. What is the term for the mathematical construct in quantum mechanics that describes the probability of finding a particle in a particular state?
A) Probability density
B) Quantum field
C) Wave function
D) Hamiltonian operator
- 11. What is the name of the experiment that demonstrates the wave-particle duality of light?
A) Double-slit experiment
B) Compton scattering
C) Photoelectric effect
D) Blackbody radiation
- 12. What is the formula for calculating the energy of a photon?
A) E = 1/2 mv2
B) E = hf
C) E = kQ1Q2/r
D) E = mc2
- 13. What term refers to the bending of light around obstacles?
A) Refraction
B) Reflection
C) Diffraction
D) Dispersion
- 14. What type of experiment confirmed the wave-like nature of electrons?
A) Davisson-Germer experiment
B) Hertz experiment
C) Rutherford gold foil experiment
D) Millikan oil drop experiment
- 15. Who developed the famous thought experiment involving a cat in a closed box?
A) Werner Heisenberg
B) Erwin Schrödinger
C) Niels Bohr
D) Louis de Broglie
- 16. Who formulated the famous equation E=mc2?
A) Max Planck
B) Albert Einstein
C) Niels Bohr
D) Erwin Schrödinger
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