When We Say That an Electromagnetic Field Is "Quantized," We

question 8

Multiple Choice

When we say that an electromagnetic field is "quantized," we mean that

• A) whenever it interacts with atoms, it must deposit an entire "quantum" of energy at each interaction.
• B) its energy is "digitized" to have either 0, 1, 2, 3, etc. units of a basic energy increment.
• C) it impacts a viewing screen as tiny bundles of radiation.
• D) All of the above.
• E) None of the above.

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