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James Clerk Maxwell
Contributed by: Newell
  • 1. In which year was James Clerk Maxwell born?
A) 1861
B) 1901
C) 1831
D) 1801
  • 2. Maxwell is best known for his work in which field of physics?
A) Thermodynamics
B) Quantum Mechanics
C) Astrophysics
D) Electromagnetism
  • 3. Which university did Maxwell attend as a student?
A) University of Glasgow
B) University of Edinburgh
C) University of Cambridge
D) University of Oxford
  • 4. Maxwell was the first person to realize that color photographs could be created by combining three separate images in what colors?
A) Green, Yellow, Blue
B) Red, Yellow, Blue
C) Red, Purple, Green
D) Red, Green, Blue
  • 5. What is the unit of magnetic flux named after Maxwell?
A) Hertz
B) Farad
C) Weber
D) Ohm
  • 6. In which year did James Clerk Maxwell pass away?
A) 1889
B) 1909
C) 1879
D) 1899
  • 7. What prestigious scientific society did Maxwell become a fellow of in 1866?
A) American Physical Society
B) Royal Society
C) National Academy of Sciences
D) European Academy of Sciences
  • 8. Maxwell's equations explain the connection between what two fundamental forces of nature?
A) Electricity and Magnetism
B) Weak Nuclear Force and Electromagnetism
C) Gravity and Strong Nuclear Force
D) Gravity and Weak Nuclear Force
  • 9. Maxwell's work led to the development of what communication technology?
A) Telegraph
B) Internet
C) Television
D) Radio
  • 10. What is the term for the set of equations that describe how the electric and magnetic fields interact?
A) Maxwell's Equations
B) Newton's Laws
C) Schrodinger's Equation
D) Ohm's Law
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