Quantum is a Latin word that means 'how much'. So a quantum of energy is a specific amount of energy. Light sources such as candles or lasers shoot out (or emit) light in bits called photons. Photons are like packets.
Confidence votes 1.0K. The five boroughs of New York City are Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, The Bronx, and Staten Island. All areas of New York State have county names, but New York City also has borough (boro) names for its five counties. Two of the borough names are the same as the county names and three are different.
List of counties in New York. See also: List of United States counties and county equivalents. There are 62 counties in the state of New York. The original twelve counties were created immediately after the British takeover of the Dutch colony of New Amsterdam, although two of these counties have since been abolished.