The Double-Slit Experiment
- 1. Who conducted the original double-slit experiment?
A) Isaac Newton
B) Max Planck
C) Thomas Young
D) Albert Einstein
- 2. What pattern is observed on the screen behind the double slits when particles exhibit wave behavior?
A) Interference pattern
B) Concentric circles
C) Random scattering
D) Single slit 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 disappears
C) The interference pattern repeats
D) The interference pattern becomes stronger
- 4. What term describes the propagation of waves around obstacles?
A) Diffraction
B) Absorption
C) Reflection
D) Refraction
- 5. What philosophical debate does the double-slit experiment raise regarding reality?
A) The laws of motion
B) The concept of time
C) The existence of matter
D) The nature of observation
- 6. In wave-particle duality, particles exhibit both _______ and _______ properties.
A) Particle, wave
B) Visible, invisible
C) Positive, negative
D) Solid, liquid
- 7. Which scientist proposed the Copenhagen interpretation, relating to the double-slit experiment?
A) Louis de Broglie
B) Niels Bohr
C) Erwin Schrödinger
D) Werner Heisenberg
- 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) Quantum tunnelling
B) Wave function collapse
C) Quantum entanglement
D) Superposition
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