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> that there is a small amount of energy which is basically the indivisible unit of energy

What? No.

Quantum physics means that things happen in "bundles", usually small ones. But it does not define any particular size to those bundles.

They could be big, they could be small.

> "quanta of light": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum

You misunderstand your link. A quantum is the smallest unit of energy in that particular interaction. In other interactions the quantum could have a different magnitude.




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