SSC MTS EXAM

SSC

PHYSICS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Light behaves like both a particle and a ____
A
Mass
B
Wave
C
Current
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Einstein was the first to explain what was happening. He theorized that electromagnetic energy comes in packets, or quanta which we now call photons. So light behaves as a wave and as a particle, depending on the circumstances and the effect being observed. This concept is now known as wave-particle duality.

Detailed explanation-2: -Wave–particle duality is the concept in quantum mechanics that every particle or quantum entity may be described as either a particle or a wave.

Detailed explanation-3: -Light waves across the electromagnetic spectrum behave in similar ways. When a light wave encounters an object, they are either transmitted, reflected, absorbed, refracted, polarized, diffracted, or scattered depending on the composition of the object and the wavelength of the light.

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