Optics and Light Physics Quiz

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Which model of light treats light as a collection of rays that travel in straight lines and bend when they pass through or reflect from surfaces?

Wave optics

Physical optics

Quantum optics

Geometric optics (correct)

What branch of physics studies the behaviour and properties of light?

Optics (correct)

Thermodynamics

Particle physics

Quantum mechanics

What is a more comprehensive model of light which includes wave effects such as diffraction and interference?

Geometric optics

Wave optics

Physical optics (correct)

Quantum optics

What led to the discovery that light waves were in fact electromagnetic radiation?

Progress in electromagnetic theory in the 19th century Signup and view all the answers

Which phenomena require an explanation using quantum mechanics due to light having both wave-like and particle-like properties?

Some phenomena Signup and view all the answers

Which model of light treats light as a collection of rays that travel in straight lines and bend when they pass through or reflect from surfaces?

Geometric optics Signup and view all the answers

What branch of physics studies the behaviour and properties of light?

Optics Signup and view all the answers

What is a more comprehensive model of light which includes wave effects such as diffraction and interference?

Physical optics Signup and view all the answers

What led to the discovery that light waves were in fact electromagnetic radiation?

Progress in electromagnetic theory in the 19th century Signup and view all the answers

Which phenomena require an explanation using quantum mechanics due to light having both wave-like and particle-like properties?

"Wave-particle duality" effects Signup and view all the answers

Optics and Light Physics Quiz

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Which model of light treats light as a collection of rays that travel in straight lines and bend when they pass through or reflect from surfaces?

What branch of physics studies the behaviour and properties of light?

What is a more comprehensive model of light which includes wave effects such as diffraction and interference?

What led to the discovery that light waves were in fact electromagnetic radiation?

Which phenomena require an explanation using quantum mechanics due to light having both wave-like and particle-like properties?

Which model of light treats light as a collection of rays that travel in straight lines and bend when they pass through or reflect from surfaces?

What branch of physics studies the behaviour and properties of light?

What is a more comprehensive model of light which includes wave effects such as diffraction and interference?

What led to the discovery that light waves were in fact electromagnetic radiation?

Which phenomena require an explanation using quantum mechanics due to light having both wave-like and particle-like properties?

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