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.
There are 932 towns in New York State, each of which exists in a county. Every citizen in New York State that does not live in a city lives in both a town and a county. Generally towns were established in the 1700-1800s to carry out general governmental functions on a more local level, rather than as a state service.