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James Clerk Maxwell
Contributed by: Newell
  • 1. In which year was James Clerk Maxwell born?
A) 1801
B) 1831
C) 1901
D) 1861
  • 2. Maxwell is best known for his work in which field of physics?
A) Astrophysics
B) Quantum Mechanics
C) Electromagnetism
D) Thermodynamics
  • 3. Which university did Maxwell attend as a student?
A) University of Glasgow
B) University of Edinburgh
C) University of Oxford
D) University of Cambridge
  • 4. Maxwell was the first person to realize that color photographs could be created by combining three separate images in what colors?
A) Green, Yellow, Blue
B) Red, Yellow, Blue
C) Red, Green, Blue
D) Red, Purple, Green
  • 5. What is the unit of magnetic flux named after Maxwell?
A) Weber
B) Hertz
C) Ohm
D) Farad
  • 6. What prestigious scientific society did Maxwell become a fellow of in 1866?
A) American Physical Society
B) Royal Society
C) European Academy of Sciences
D) National Academy of Sciences
  • 7. Maxwell's equations explain the connection between what two fundamental forces of nature?
A) Weak Nuclear Force and Electromagnetism
B) Gravity and Strong Nuclear Force
C) Gravity and Weak Nuclear Force
D) Electricity and Magnetism
  • 8. Maxwell's work led to the development of what communication technology?
A) Internet
B) Television
C) Telegraph
D) Radio
  • 9. In which year did James Clerk Maxwell pass away?
A) 1889
B) 1899
C) 1909
D) 1879
  • 10. What is the term for the set of equations that describe how the electric and magnetic fields interact?
A) Schrodinger's Equation
B) Ohm's Law
C) Newton's Laws
D) Maxwell's Equations
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