Joy of Science #18 & #19

1) One problem with the simple and elegant Rutheford model of the atom were that the orbiting electrons would eventually crash into the heavily charged nucleus. What new model of the atom proved to be more correct? b) The Newtonian atom, where the orbits of electrons are a) The Einsteinian atom, where energy equals mass spiral c) The Bohr atom, in which electrons remain at a few discrete wavelengths without d) The Heisenberg atom, where the orbits of electrons are accelerating mysterious 2) On a macro level, we experience energy as a continuous and infinitely adjustable flow, but on the micro level, energy comes in discrete packets called: a) protons b) quanta c) electrons d) waves

3) The energy levels of electrons orbiting a nucleus of an atom are less like the orbits of a planet and more like: a) a DNA spiral b) a wave c) a telephone cord d) The steps of a staircase

4) A quantum jump from a higher to a lower energy orbit in an atom releases one quantum of electromagnetic radiation, called a a) quanta b) Bohr atomite c) photon 5) A spectroscope: a) records light intensity c) studies reflected, absorbed and emitted light 6) What does the acronym LASER stand for? a) Look At the Sun Electron Ray c) Light Atom Seismic Emitting Ray d) big bang

b) can be used to measure the electromagnetic activity of the sun d) all of these

b) light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation d) Light Activity Solar Electron Radiator

7) Who formulated the idea that light comes in discrete bundles called quanta? a) Max Planck b) Albert Einstein c) Rudolf Claussius d) Allessandro Volta

8) At the atomic scale, every measurement must change the object being measured. This idea was formulated in elegant mathematical form by: a) Michael Faraday b) Max Planck c) Neils Bohr 9) Every measurement requires three things: a) a sample, a source of energy, and a detector c) a scientist, a sample, and grant money 10) Do electrons behave more like particles or more like waves? a) Waves b) they have the properties of both c) Particles d) they behave like neither one d) Werner Heisenberg

b) a object, a subject, and a computer d) energy, time, and endurance