CREATION OF QUANTUM MECHANICS

Generally, the mathematics of modern quantum mechanics is

• perfunctory
• unimportant
• simplified
• complex

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Schrodinger's equation described the

• procedure for splitting an atom
• complement of the wave function
• behavior of "matter" waves
• motion of light

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The probability density is the

• square root of the wave function
• absolute value of the wave function
• inverse of the wave function
• absolute square of the wave function

An object's path can be predicted using Newton's

• uncertainty principle
• particle theory
• conservation laws
• laws of motion

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Schrodinger's cat experiment tested

• the probability of quantum tunneling
• Bohr's atomic model
• whether a quantum system could exist in multiple states
• radioactive decay in Plutonium

All of the following statements about Schrodinger's cat are true EXCEPT

• it was conducted in 1935
• the cat is sealed inside of a box
• the cat  is both alive and dead
• there is a 50 percent chance a vial of poison is released inside the box

Which physicist proposed the uncertainty principle in 1927?

• Niels Bohr
• Albert Einstein
• Arnold Schrodinger
• Werner Heisenberg

Which book's protagonist explores a quantum jungle?

• A New System of Chemical Philosophy

• Optiks
• Mr. Tompkins in Wonderland
• The Jungle

Which two characteristics are variables in Heisenberg's uncertainty principle?

• wavelength and distance
• position and momentum
• charge and displacement
• atomic radius and frequency

What does the observer do?

• The observer collapses the wave function into particle.

• The observer collapses the particle into a wave function.

• The observer collapses the whole system simply by observing.

• The observer collapses the wave function into a wave.

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