CP Ch13.7 Wave-Particle

Who demonstrated the wave nature of light?

• Thomas Young

• James C. Maxwell

• Heinrich Hertz

• Isaac Newton

Who initially thought light was made up of tiny particles?

• Aristotle

• Galileo Galilei

• Isaac Newton

• Albert Einstein

What experiment demonstrated the superposition of quantum states and the wave-particle duality of light?

• Single-slit experiment

• Double-slit experiment

• Photoelectric effect

• Compton scattering

What factor determines whether electrons are ejected in the photoelectric effect?

• Intensity of light

• Wavelength of light

• Frequency of light

• Speed of light

Who challenged the wave theory of light in 1905 with his photon theory?

• Isaac Newton

• Thomas Young

• Albert Einstein

• Max Planck

What did the experimental verification of Einstein's idea of light as particles prove?

• The wave nature of light

• The dual nature of light

• The particle nature of light

• The electromagnetic nature of light

What did the photoelectric effect, explained by Einstein's photon theory, show about light?

• Light has wave properties

• Light has both particle and wave properties

• Light has only particle properties

• Light has only wave properties