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QuizMultiple Choice

Modern Physics — Test

Question 17 • Physics

Which statement best describes the ideas of two scientists who studied properties of light?

Answer
A
Newton and Maxwell had similar ideas about light being made of particles.
B
Hertz extended Maxwell’s idea that light is produced by the interaction of electric and magnetic fields.
C
Young supported Newton’s idea of the wave theory of light after observing light spread out in all directions.
D
Huygens agreed with Maxwell that light has properties of both particles and waves.
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