Particles or Waves Flashcards by Sugar Pie | Brainscape

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Is an electron (matter) a particle or a wave?

A

Both!

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Is light (energy) a particle or a wave?

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Both!

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To prove the particle/wave duality, scientists did what?

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decided to study the behavior of light, which sometimes behaved like a wave, and sometimes behaved like a particle (known as a photon).

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