What does quanta mean?

Answer 1

Photons, because higher frequencies have more energy higher frequency light is more energetic. Flames are simply excited electron releasing energy in the form of light. Energy progresses from red to violet in terms of visible light because violet has shorter wave length and hence higher frequencies.

Also note that in the science of quantum mechanics, all forms of matter, energy, space and time are divided into small packages called quanta. The whole point is that physical quantities, unlike mathematical quantities, are not infinitely subdivisible. There is a limit to how small something can be, and that limit is a quantum.

EDIT:

A nice answer, although it has nothing to do with the question.

A quanta is the smallest unit of energy.

Answer 2

Quantum is singular. A quantum is a single electromagnetic particle (light particle) when light is being considered a particle and not a wave, sometimes also referred to as a packet of light energy. Quanta would more than one of these e-m particles.

Answer 3

Probably a mis-spelling of "quanta". This is the plural of "quantum" - the idea, in quantum theory, that many quantities in our Universe can't be subdivided indefinitely, but rather, they come in "discrete packets".

Photons, because higher frequencies have more energy higher frequency light is more energetic. Flames are simply excited electron releasing energy in the form of light. Energy progresses from red to violet in terms of visible light because violet has shorter wave length and hence higher frequencies.

Also note that in the science of quantum mechanics, all forms of matter, energy, space and time are divided into small packages called quanta. The whole point is that physical quantities, unlike mathematical quantities, are not infinitely subdivisible. There is a limit to how small something can be, and that limit is a quantum.

Answer 4

In general we think energy to be continuous in its availability. But energy is found to be quantized. Dealing with such is named as quantum physics. The forefather for this thought is Max Planck. Hats off to him.

Quantum physics is the physics of small things, which the tiny bundles of energy (quantum) can be seen to affect.

Answer 5

Quanta refers to the smallest possible discrete unit of any physical quantity, such as energy or matter. In the context of quantum mechanics, physical properties are quantized into discrete values rather than continuous ones.

Answer 6

Quantum theory deals with the behavior and characteristics of energy and matter on the atomic and subatomic level. Quanta is the plural form of quantum.

Answer 7

A quanta is in fact the single unit.

Multiple quanta are called QUANTUM.

Answer 8

It is a unit of energy in atoms.