Particles and waves: The central mystery of quantum mechanics

Particles and waves: The central mystery of quantum mechanics

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Science

11th Grade

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ALEJANDRA GONZALEZ MEJIA

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6 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • Ungraded

Are you enjoying the video lesson?

Yes

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2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Who was the first person to suggest that electrons behave like waves?

Louis de Broglie
Max Planck
Niels Bohr
Albert Einstein

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What did Max Planck use to explain the spectrum of light emitted by a hot object?

Photons, particles of light

Imaginary "oscillators" that can only emit light is discrete chunks

A "solar system" model of the atom with electrons orbiting the nucleus


Electrons that have wave nature

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

How did Ernest Rutherford determine that most of the mass of an atom is in a tiny nucleus?

From the spectrum of light emitted by hot objects

From the way light knocks electrons loose from a metal surface

From the way alpha particles bounce off gold atoms

From the frequencies of light that atoms absorb and emit

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the problem with Rutherford’s “solar system” model of the atom?

Classical physics predicts that light is a wave, not a particle

Classical physics predicts that electrons are particles, not waves

Classical physics predicts that alpha particles shouldn't bounce off gold atoms

Classical physics predicts that orbiting electrons should emit x-rays

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What did Einstein call the only truly revolutionary thing that he did?

The theory of relativity

The idea that electrons behave like waves


The idea that light waves behave like particles


The idea that atoms have special orbits where electrons don't emit light