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100
This animated physicist is excellent at describing the wave / particle duality.
Who is Dr. Quantum?
100
This is the particle form of light.
What is a photon?
100
Time period is measured in this.
What is seconds?
100
Frequency is multiplied by this if the period is doubled.
What is 1/2?
100
This instructor possesses more energy than the sun.
Who is Karen?
200
This German physicist is best known for his constant.
Who is Max Planck?
200
The quantity of motion of a moving body, measured as a product of its mass and velocity.
What is momentum?
200
Wavelength is measured in this.
What is meters?
200
This is the value for the spin of an electron.
What is + or - 1/2?
200
Atoms are predominantly composed of this.
What is empty space?
300
This man was discovered the electron and devised the plum pudding model of the atom.
Who is JJ Thomson?
300
This is the scientific term for light waves (not just visible light).
What is electromagnetic radiation?
300
This is the symbol for a wave function.
What is psi?
300
A car tire rotates in a time of 2.3 x 10^(-3) seconds. Determine the value of its frequency.
What is 434.8 Hz?
300
Einstein created this theory in objection to quantum mechanics, stating "God does not play dice with the universe."
What is the hidden variable theory?
400
This scientist disproved the plum pudding model using his Gold Foil experiment.
Who is Ernest Rutherford?
400
This type of error is associated with a particular measuring instrument or experimental technique.
What is systematic error?
400
This symbol represents h / 2 * pi.
What is h bar?
400
This is the value of the "universal speed limit".
What is 3.0 x 10^8 m/s?
400
Tunneling has the highest probability of occurring when this value for a wave is larger than the barrier.
What is the energy?
500
This physicist concluded that atoms of a given element are identical.
Who is John Dalton?
500
The bending of a wave when it enters a medium where its speed is different.
What is refraction?
500
Quantized energy by the charge of an electron.
What is electron volts?
500
This is the mathematical interpretation of adding an observer to a system.
What is collapsing of a wave function?
500
This uses electron tunneling to make images of very, very small objects like single atoms.
What is scanning tunnel microscopy?