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SHORT ANSWER. Write the word or phrase that best completes each statement or answers the question.

1) An unstable particle produced in a high-energy collision is measured to have an 1)

energy of 483 MeV and an uncertainty in energy of 84 keV. Use the Heisenberg
uncertainty principle to estimate the lifetime of this particle. ( h = 1.055
× 10-34 J • s = 6.59 × 10-16 eV • s)

MULTIPLE CHOICE. Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question.

2) A 440-nm spectral line is produced by a transition from an excited state to the ground
2) state. The natural line width of the spectral line is 0.020 pm. The average time the
atom spends in the excited state is closest to which of the following? ( h = 1.055 × 10-34 J •
s = 6.59 × 10-16 eV • s)
A) 2.5 × 10-8 s
B) 2.5 × 10-10 s
C) 2.5 × 10-7 s
D) 2.5 × 10-9 s
E) 2.5 × 10-6 s

3) The lifetime of an excited nuclear state is 1.0 ns. What is the minimum uncertainty in 3) the
energy of this state? ( h = 1.055 × 10-34 J • s = 6.591 × 10-16 eV • s, 1 eV = 1.60 × 10-19 J)
A) 1.6 × 10-7 eV
B) 5.0 × 10-10 eV
C) 5.0 × 10-26 eV
D) 3.3 × 10-7 eV E) 3.3 × 10-25 eV

4) The energy of an electron state has an uncertainty of 0.500 eV. What is the minimum 4)
uncertainty in the lifetime of the level? ( h = 1.055 × 10-34 J • s = 6.591 × 10-16 eV • s, 1
eV = 1.60 × 10-19 J)
A) 6.59 × 10-12 s
B) 4.14 × 10-11 s
C) 6.59 × 10-9 s
D) 6.59 × 10-16 s E) 4.14 × 10-15 s

SHORT ANSWER. Write the word or phrase that best completes each statement or answers the question.

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 5) A small dust particle of mass 7.90 × 10-6 g is being observed under a 5)

magnifying lens. Its position is determined to within 0.0050 mm. (1 y = 3.156 ×

107 s, h = 1.055 × 10-34 J • s)
(a) Find the minimum uncertainty in its velocity implied by the uncertainty in
itsposition.
(b) Assuming the dust particle is moving at the speed you just found, how manyyears
would it take for the particle to move 1.0 mm?

MULTIPLE CHOICE. Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question.

6) A measurement of an electron's speed is 2.0 × 106 m/s and has an uncertainty of 10%.
6)

What is the minimum uncertainty in its position? ( h = 1.055 × 10-34 J • s, mel = 9.11 ×
10-31 kg)
A) 0.44 nm B) 0.29 nm C) 0.60 nm D) 0.15 nm E) 0.80 nm

7) An electron inside a hydrogen atom is confined to within a space of 0.110 nm. What is
7) the minimum uncertainty in the electron's velocity? ( h = 1.055 × 10-34 J • s, mel =
9.11 × 10-31 kg)

A) 5.26 × 107 m/s

B) 7.50 × 107 m/s
C) 5.26 × 109 m/s
D) 7.50 × 105 m/s
E) 5.26 × 105 m/s

8) A photon of wavelength 18.0 pm is scattered through an angle of 120° by a stationary

8) electron. What is the wavelength of the scattered photon? (mel = 9.11 × 10-31 kg, h =
6.626 × 10-34 J • s, c = 3.00 × 108 m/s)
A) 24.1 pm B) 21.6 pm C) 19.2 pm D) 20.4 pm E) 22.9 pm

9) A photon of wavelength 29 pm is scattered by a stationary electron. What is the 9)

maximum possible energy loss of the photon? (mel = 9.11 × 10-31 kg, h = 6.626 ×
10-34 J • s, c = 3.00 × 108 m/s)
A) 6.1 keV B) 4.0 keV C) 10 keV D) 7.0 keV E) 12 keV

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 10) Abeam of X-rays at a certain wavelength are scattered from a free electron at rest and
10) the scattered beam is observed at 45.0° to the incident beam. What is the change in
the wavelength of the X-rays? (mel = 9.11 × 10-31 kg, h = 6.626 × 10-34 J • s, c = 3.00 ×
108 m/s)
A) 0.000 B) 0.276 C) 0.356 D) 0.175 E) 0.710 pm pm pm pm pm
11) In a particular case of Compton scattering, a photon collides with a free electron and 11)
scatters backwards. The wavelength after the collision is exactly double the wavelength
before the collision. What is the wavelength of the incident photon? (mel = 9.11 ×
10-31 kg, h = 6.626 × 10-34 J • s, c = 3.00 × 108 m/s)
A) 2.4 pm B) 1.2 pm C) 3.6 pm D) 6.0 pm E) 4.8 pm

SHORT ANSWER. Write the word or phrase that best completes each statement or answers the question.

12) A photon of initial wavelength 0.651 nm, after being scattered from a free 12) electron at
rest, moves off at an angle of 120° with respect to its incident direction.

(mel = 9.11 × 10-31 kg, h = 6.626 × 10-34 J • s, c = 3.00 × 108 m/s)

(a) What is the wavelength of the scattered photon?
(b) What is the energy of the scattered photon?

MULTIPLE CHOICE. Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question.

13) Alaser emits light of wavelength 463 nm during a brief pulse that lasts for 25 ms and13)
has a total energy of 1.2 J. How many photons are emitted in that single pulse?
(c = 3.00 × 108 m/s, h = 6.626 × 10-34 J • s)
A) 1.1 × 1017
B) 2.2 × 1017
C) 6.9 × 1019
D) 2.8 × 1018
E) 3.4 × 1019