Duality of Light

He proposed that "Light is a stream of particles".

• Christiaan Huygens

• James Maxwell

• Isaac Newton

• Albert Einstein

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What particle do atoms release after the electrons relax back down to a lower energy state?

• photon

• wave

• quantum

• proton

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What term describes how in some circumstances light can behave like a particle and other circumstances it can behave like a wave?

• particle-wave schima

• Planck's particle dual behavior

• wave-particle duality

• particle-wave behavior principle

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Light is both a(n) _____ and a wave.

• energy

• particle

• effect

• principle

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Eventually these discreet packets got called ____ because of Einstein's work.

• particles

• blackbodies

• photons

• quanta

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What's the name of the infamous experiment in Quantum Physics?

• Double-Split Experiment

• One-Slit Experiment

• Double-Decker Experiment

• Double-Slit Experiment

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Who first proposed the concept of wave-particle duality of light?

• Albert Einstein

• Niels Bohr

• Louis de Broglie

• Max Planck

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Which experiment is most famously associated with demonstrating the wave nature of light?

• Photoelectric Effect

• Double-Slit Experiment

• Compton Scattering

• Rutherford Scattering

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What is the term for the smallest quantity of light energy?

• Photon

• Quantum

• Electron

• Neutrino

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In the context of light, what does the term 'photon' refer to?

• A wave

• A particle

• A wave-particle

• A quantum field

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