Schrodinger's Cat Thought Experiment

Schrodinger's Cat Thought Experiment

Assessment

Interactive Video

Physics, Science

9th - 12th Grade

Hard

Created by

Sophia Harris

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The video explores Schrodinger's cat thought experiment, where a cat in a bunker with unstable gunpowder is both dead and alive until observed. It delves into quantum mechanics, superposition, and the observer's role in collapsing reality. The cat's perspective and the entanglement of its reality with the experiment's outcome are discussed. The video raises questions about the observer's role and the possibility of parallel realities in a multiverse, highlighting unresolved issues in quantum physics.

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the main setup of Schrodinger's Cat thought experiment?

A cat in a box with a 50% chance of survival

A cat in a forest with a hidden predator

A cat in a room with a ticking clock

A cat in a bunker with unstable gunpowder

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

In the quantum mechanical interpretation, what state is the cat in before observation?

Only alive

Neither dead nor alive

Both dead and alive

Either dead or alive

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What does the act of observing the cat do in the experiment?

It has no effect on the cat

It makes the cat disappear

It changes the cat's state

It forces nature to make a decision

4.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

From the cat's perspective, what are the possible outcomes inside the bunker?

The powder explodes and the cat sees it

The powder doesn't explode and the cat doesn't see it

The powder explodes and the cat doesn't see it

The powder doesn't explode and the cat sees it

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

How does the cat's reality become entangled with the experiment?

The cat's reality is independent of the experiment

The cat's reality is linked to the observer's decision

The cat's reality is tied to the outcome of the experiment

The cat's reality is predetermined

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What question arises about the observer's role in the experiment?

What happens if no one observes?

Why does the observer matter?

How does the observer affect the cat?

Who observes the observer?

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is one of the biggest unanswered questions in quantum physics related to this experiment?

What the cat thinks about the experiment

How to make the cat survive

Why the gunpowder is unstable

How reality collapses to one outcome

8.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What concept does the video explore regarding multiple realities?

The possibility of parallel universes

The existence of a single universe

The certainty of the cat's fate

The irrelevance of the observer