Quiz 2: Light as an EM Wave and Properties of Light
Authored by Maricel Sumanghid
Physics
9th - 12th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Which of the following is the assumption of the Ancient Greeks on the nature and identity of light?
Light consists of tiny particles.
Light is made up of waves similar to that of water waves.
Light is made up of particles that travels through
space on a straight line.
Light is propagated in space as electromagnetic waves.
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2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Who among the following scientists made the theoretical prediction that electromagnetic waves travel through a vacuum at the speed of light?
Heinrich Hertz
James Clerk Maxwell
Michael Faraday
Thomas Young
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Which of the following is Sir Isaac Newton’s theory that explains light as a particle?
Wave Theory
Quantum Theory
Electromagnetic Wave Theory
Corpuscular Theory
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4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Who among the following scientists first built and operated devices that could emit and detect man‑made electromagnetic radiation?
Michael Faraday
Andrei Marie Ampere
Heinrich Hertz
James Clerk Maxwell
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Who were the proponents of the quantum theory of light?
James Clerk Maxwell and Heinrich Hertz
Albert Einstein and Max Planck
Michael Faraday and Andrei Marie Ampere
Sir Isaac Newton and Christian Huygens
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6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
The wave‑particle duality of light means that, in the same experiment:
light will act both like a wave and like a particle.
light will not act like either a wave or a particle.
light will act either like a wave or like a particle.
light always exists as two waves or as two particles.
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7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
The electric field, E, in an electromagnetic wave is oriented in what direction with respect to its associated magnetic field, B?
E parallel to B
E anti-parallel to B
E at a 45° angle to B
E perpendicular to B
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