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