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Physics, Other Sciences
9th -
12thgrade
Modern Quantum Mechanics-Schrodinger Equation
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- 1. Multiple ChoiceBefore 1925, quantum theoryfaced little challenge to its credibilitylacked organization
had wide applications
was widely accepted - 2. Multiple ChoiceGenerally, the mathematics of modern quantum mechanics isperfunctoryunimportantsimplifiedcomplex
- 3. Multiple ChoiceAccording to classical mechanics, which law(s) apply or applies to the behavior of macroscopic particles?Newton's three lawsthe differential wave equation
Dalton's law of multiple proportions
Kepler's Law - 4. Multiple ChoiceSchrodinger's equation described theprocedure for splitting an atomcomplement of the wave functionbehavior of "matter" wavesmotion of light
- 5. Multiple ChoiceSolutions to Schrodinger's equation are labeled withpsiphimupi
- 6. Multiple ChoiceThe probability density is thesquare root of the wave functionabsolute value of the wave functioninverse of the wave functionabsolute square of the wave function
- 7. Multiple ChoiceThe use of a scanning tunneling microscope places a conducting tip0.5 to 0.8 nm from the surface0.4 to 0.7 nm from the surface0.4 to 0.9 nm from the surface0.3 to 0.5 nm from the surface
- 8. Multiple ChoiceHow does a scanning tunneling microscope map a surface?by measuring the size of each individual electronby measuring the voltage created by electron transferby measuring the size of each atom of the surfaceby measuring the current due to tunneling electrons
- 9. Multiple ChoiceAn object's path can be predicted using Newton'suncertainty principleparticle theoryconservation lawslaws of motion
- 10. Multiple ChoiceSchrodinger's cat experiment testedthe probability of quantum tunnelingBohr's atomic modelwhether a quantum system could exist in multiple statesradioactive decay in Plutonium
- 11. Multiple ChoiceAll of the following statements about Schrodinger's cat are true EXCEPTit was conducted in 1935the cat is sealed inside of a boxthe cat is both alive and deadthere is a 50 percent chance a vial of poison is released inside the box
- 12. Multiple ChoiceHow does the scattering of a photon affect an electronby splitting it in twoby charging its chargeby making it disappearby changing its position
- 13. Multiple ChoiceWhich physicist proposed the uncertainty principle in 1927?Niels BohrAlbert EinsteinArnold SchrodingerWerner Heisenberg
- 14. Multiple ChoiceWhich book's protagonist explores a quantum jungle?
A New System of Chemical Philosophy
OptiksMr. Tompkins in WonderlandThe Jungle - 15. Multiple ChoiceWhich man wrote Mr. Tompkins in Wonderland?George OrwellLewis CarrollGeorge GamowC.S. Lewis
- 16. Multiple ChoiceIn Mr. Tompkins in Wonderland, strange apparitions are a result ofalpha decaylarge magnitudes of Planck's constant
the Pauli exclusion principle
radiation - 17. Multiple ChoiceWhich two characteristics are variables in Heisenberg's uncertainty principle?wavelength and distanceposition and momentumcharge and displacementatomic radius and frequency
- 18. Multiple ChoiceA determinist view of the world would expectobjects to move as they see fitscience to be formulaicobjects to follow predetermined pathsscientist to conduct experiments
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