The Nature of Light

What did Isaac Newton propose about the nature of light in the late 1600s?

• Light is a stream of particles.

• Light is a form of energy.

• Light is a wave.

• Light is composed of elements.

What did Dutch physicist Huygens propose about light at the same time as Newton?

• Light is a form of brightness.

• Light is a wave.

• Light is an element.

• Light is a stream of corpuscles.

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What pattern was actually observed when sunlight passed through the double slit in the experiment?

• Two distinct bright lines.

• A single, wide bright band.

• A central bright white spot with alternating bright and dark bands, and colored fringes.

• A random scattering of light.

If light behaved purely as particles in Thomas Young's Double Slit Experiment, what pattern would be expected on the screen?

• A single bright line.

• Two distinct bright spots.

• A diffuse glow across the screen.

• A rainbow spectrum.

Based on the results of Thomas Young's Double Slit Experiment, what did the scientific community conclude about the nature of light?

• Light is primarily a particle.

• Light is a form of energy.

• Light must be a wave.

• Light is an element.