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1. What does a wave carry?

(a) empty space (b) matter
(c) energy (d) water

2. Look carefully at the waves. Which carries the most energy?

(a) Microwave (b) infrared

(c) Ultraviolet (d) x-ray

3. Light acts like

(a) a wave. (b) a particle.
(c) Both a wave and a particle (d) neither a wave nor a particle.

4. Newton’s prism experiments showed that white sunlight is made up of

(a) the full electromagnetic spectrum. (b) only blue light.

(c) all the colors of the visible spectrum. (c) only the longest wavelengths.

5. The ________ of a photon of light is ________ proportional to it frequency and ________ proportional
to its wavelength.

(a) amplitude, directly, inversely (b) energy, inversely, directly

(c) energy, directly, inversely (d) velocity, inversely, directly

6. The photoelectric effect is when:

(a) Electrons collide inside a metal to release photons.

(b) One incident metal electron releases one photon.
(c) One incident photon releases one electron from a metal.
(d) Photons are absorbed in to metal ions releasing electrons.

7. As an electron moves from n=1 to n=4, is energy absorbed or released?

(a) Absorbed
(b) Released

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8. True or False: Electrons can exist in between energy levels.

(a) TRUE
(b) FALSE

9. A light has a wavelength of 5.06x10-7 m. What is the frequency of the light? (c = 3x108
m/s)

10. The sun emits maximum radiation of 0.52 micron meter. Assuming the sun to be a black
body, Calculate the surface temperature of the sun. (b = 2.9x10-3 m.K).

11. A furnace emits radiation at 2000 K. Treating it as a black body radiation, calculate the
wavelength at which emission is maximum. (b = 3x10-3 m.K).

12. What is the emissivity of a black body radiation if its temperature is 2000 K.
(δ= 5.7x10-8 W.m-2.K-4)

13. A photon has energy 20 keV. What are its frequency and wavelength?
(h = 4.14x10-15 eV.s, c = 3x108 m/s)

14. A 400-nm violet light ejects photoelectrons with a maximum kinetic energy of 0.860
eV from sodium photoelectrode. (h = 4.14x10-15 eV.s, c = 3x108 m/s and e = 1.6x10-19 C),
Determine:
(a) the work function of sodium.
(b) the cutoff frequency of sodium.
(c) the stopping voltage.

15. Find the maximum velocity of photoelectrons ejected by an 80-nm radiation, if the
work function of photoelectrode is 4.73 eV.
(h = 4.14x10-15 eV.s, c = 3x108 m/s and me = 9.11x10-31 Kg)

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16. For the photoelectric effect in sodium, the figure shows the plot of cut-off voltage
versus frequency of incident radiation. The threshold frequency is___________?

17. Calculate the wavelength of the transition VI. (h = 4.14x10-15 eV.s, c = 3x108 m/s)

Good work!!!

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