The Double-Slit Experiment
  • 1. Who conducted the original double-slit experiment?
A) Isaac Newton
B) Thomas Young
C) Albert Einstein
D) Max Planck
  • 2. What pattern is observed on the screen behind the double slits when particles exhibit wave behavior?
A) Random scattering
B) Concentric circles
C) Single slit pattern
D) Interference pattern
  • 3. What happens to the interference pattern if there is an observer measuring which slit the particle goes through?
A) The interference pattern rotates
B) The interference pattern repeats
C) The interference pattern becomes stronger
D) The interference pattern disappears
  • 4. What term describes the propagation of waves around obstacles?
A) Diffraction
B) Refraction
C) Reflection
D) Absorption
  • 5. What philosophical debate does the double-slit experiment raise regarding reality?
A) The existence of matter
B) The laws of motion
C) The nature of observation
D) The concept of time
  • 6. In wave-particle duality, particles exhibit both _______ and _______ properties.
A) Solid, liquid
B) Visible, invisible
C) Particle, wave
D) Positive, negative
  • 7. Which scientist proposed the Copenhagen interpretation, relating to the double-slit experiment?
A) Niels Bohr
B) Louis de Broglie
C) Werner Heisenberg
D) Erwin Schrödinger
  • 8. What concept suggests that particles can exist in multiple states until they are observed?
A) Duality
B) Entanglement
C) Superposition
D) Tunnelling
  • 9. Which term describes the behavior where particles are linked regardless of distance?
A) Wave function collapse
B) Quantum tunnelling
C) Quantum entanglement
D) Superposition
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