Physics Unit 10: EM Waves & Quantum Applications Vocab Test

What term describes the band of colors produced or absorbed as light passes through a sample?

• Quantum

• Emission spectra

• Photoelectric effect

• Wave-particle duality

What principle states that the product of uncertainties in position and velocity is at least 6.6×10^−34 J*s?

• Superposition

• Photoelectric effect

• Heisenberg uncertainty principle

• Quantum

What is the phenomenon where electrons are released from matter when it absorbs electromagnetic radiation?

• Wave-particle duality

• Photoelectric effect

• Emission spectra

• Quantum computing

What term describes the smallest discrete unit of a phenomenon?

• Photon

• Wave-particle duality

• Quantum

• Superposition

What describes the concept that light exhibits properties of both a wave and a particle?

• Heisenberg uncertainty principle

• Wave-particle duality

• Emission spectra

• Interference pattern

What field focuses on protecting systems, networks, and data from digital attacks?

• Quantum computing

• Cybersecurity

• Electromagnetic waves

• Double-slit experiment

What experiment demonstrated that light and matter can behave as both waves and particles?

• Interference pattern

• Heisenberg uncertainty principle

• Double-slit experiment

• Photoelectric effect

What describes waves of oscillating electric and magnetic fields propagating at the speed of light?

• X-rays

• Electromagnetic waves

• Microwaves

• Photons

What pattern results from overlapping waves exhibiting constructive and destructive interference?

• Emission spectra

• Interference pattern

• Quantum computing

• Reflection

What electromagnetic waves are shorter than radio waves and longer than infrared waves?

• X-rays

• Microwaves

• Ultraviolet waves

• Radio waves