Quantum Mechanics Quiz

What did scientists discover when they peered deep into the tiny building blocks of matter?

• A solid and predictable universe

• A universe completely unlike our own

• A new type of sound

• A new type of light

Who was enlisted by the German government in 1900 to solve the mystery of the light bulb?

• Albert Einstein

• Niels Bohr

• Max Planck

• Isaac Newton

What was the dramatic name given to the failure to produce ultraviolet light?

• The Ultraviolet Puzzle

• The Ultraviolet Enigma

• The Ultraviolet Mystery

• The Ultraviolet Catastrophe

What did Einstein suggest about light in 1905?

• Light is a solid object

• Light is a wave

• Light is a stream of tiny bullet-like particles

• Light is a sound

What term did Einstein use to describe a particle of light?

• Electron

• Quantum

• Photon

• Neutron

What did the Bell Laboratories experiment in the mid-1920s reveal about electrons?

• Electrons are waves

• Electrons are particles

• Electrons behave like waves

• Electrons behave like sound

What is the name of the interpretation that claims things only become real when we look at them?

• The Berlin Interpretation

• The Copenhagen Interpretation

• The Einstein Interpretation

• The Bohr Interpretation

What did Niels Bohr claim about the electron's position?

• It is always moving

• It is always in one place

• It is never known until measured

• It is always known