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What name is given to a discrete packet of light?

A) phaser
B) wavelength
C) photon
D) quantum

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The correct answer is: C) photon

Light has the unique characteristics of both a wave and a particle at the same time.

Characteristics of wave: reflection, refraction, diffraction.

The particles that make up light are basic units of light called photons ( a bundle of electromagnetic energy) or quantum of electromagnetic energy. Photons have no mass, no electric charge, have energy and momentum which are dependent on the frequency…

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