The Double-Slit Experiment
- 1. Who conducted the original double-slit experiment?
A) Isaac Newton
B) Albert Einstein
C) Max Planck
D) Thomas Young
- 2. What pattern is observed on the screen behind the double slits when particles exhibit wave behavior?
A) Random scattering
B) Concentric circles
C) Single slit pattern
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 becomes stronger
B) The interference pattern rotates
C) The interference pattern disappears
D) The interference pattern repeats
- 4. What concept suggests that particles can exist in multiple states until they are observed?
A) Tunnelling
B) Superposition
C) Entanglement
D) Duality
- 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) 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 nature of observation
C) The laws of motion
D) The concept of time
- 8. Which term describes the behavior where particles are linked regardless of distance?
A) Quantum entanglement
B) Wave function collapse
C) Quantum tunnelling
D) Superposition
- 9. What term describes the propagation of waves around obstacles?
A) Diffraction
B) Absorption
C) Refraction
D) Reflection
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