Fundamental Forces and Particle Physics Quiz
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The four fundamental forces are gravity, electromagnetic, weak nuclear, and ______.

strong nuclear

Exchange particles carry energy and ______ between particles experiencing a force.

momentum

The exchange particle for the strong interaction is called a ______.

gluon

The weak interaction involves the exchange of W ______ particles.

<p>boson</p> Signup and view all the answers

The exchange particle for the electromagnetic interaction is a virtual ______.

<p>photon</p> Signup and view all the answers

All particles are either hadrons or ______.

<p>leptons</p> Signup and view all the answers

Leptons are fundamental particles and do not experience the strong ______ force.

<p>nuclear</p> Signup and view all the answers

Hadrons are composed of ______, which are fundamental particles.

<p>quarks</p> Signup and view all the answers

Baryons are formed from ______ quarks.

<p>3</p> Signup and view all the answers

Beta-plus decay involves a proton decaying into a neutron, a positron, and a ______.

<p>neutrino</p> Signup and view all the answers

The weak nuclear force is responsible for ______, electron capture, and electron-proton collisions.

<p>beta decay</p> Signup and view all the answers

In electron capture, a proton (p) and an electron (e^{-}) combine to form a ______ and an electron neutrino (ν_{e}).

<p>neutron</p> Signup and view all the answers

The equation for electron capture is ______ + e^{-} → n + ν_{e}.

<p>p</p> Signup and view all the answers

Beta-plus decay involves a proton transforming to a neutron, emitting a ______ and an electron neutrino.

<p>positron</p> Signup and view all the answers

Beta-minus decay involves a neutron transforming into a proton and emitting an ______ neutrino.

<p>anti-electron</p> Signup and view all the answers

Hadrons are formed of ______.

<p>quarks</p> Signup and view all the answers

Leptons do not experience the strong ______ force.

<p>nuclear</p> Signup and view all the answers

A proton is the only stable ______.

<p>baryon</p> Signup and view all the answers

The baryon number of an antibaryon is ______.

<p>-1</p> Signup and view all the answers

Mesons are formed of a quark and an ______.

<p>antiquark</p> Signup and view all the answers

Quarks are fundamental particles that make up ______.

<p>hadrons</p> Signup and view all the answers

The up quark has a charge of ______ e.

<p>+2/3</p> Signup and view all the answers

Antiquarks have properties that are the ______ sign compared to the corresponding quarks.

<p>opposite</p> Signup and view all the answers

The quark combination uud forms a ______.

<p>proton</p> Signup and view all the answers

Strange quarks have a strangeness value of ______.

<p>-1</p> Signup and view all the answers

An atom is formed of three constituents: protons, neutrons and ______.

<p>electrons</p> Signup and view all the answers

The center of an atom is known as the ______, which contains protons and neutrons.

<p>nucleus</p> Signup and view all the answers

Protons and neutrons together are referred to as ______.

<p>nucleons</p> Signup and view all the answers

Electrons orbit the nucleus in ______.

<p>shells</p> Signup and view all the answers

The specific charge of a proton is ______ Ckg-1.

<p>9.58 × 10^7</p> Signup and view all the answers

The quark combination ______ will form a proton.

<p>uud</p> Signup and view all the answers

The quark combination ______ forms a neutron.

<p>udd</p> Signup and view all the answers

To find the quark combination of an antibaryon, change the quarks into their respective ______.

<p>antiquarks</p> Signup and view all the answers

The overall baryon number for a proton is ______.

<p>+1</p> Signup and view all the answers

Baryons and mesons are formed by combining ______.

<p>quarks</p> Signup and view all the answers

A neutron decays into a proton, an electron, and a ______.

<p>neutrino</p> Signup and view all the answers

In particle interactions, both energy and momentum must be ______.

<p>conserved</p> Signup and view all the answers

Strangeness is conserved only during ______ interactions.

<p>strong</p> Signup and view all the answers

In beta-minus decay, the overall charge before the interaction is ______.

<p>zero</p> Signup and view all the answers

The electron lepton number before the beta-minus decay is ______.

<p>zero</p> Signup and view all the answers

In beta-minus decay, a neutron transforms into a ______.

<p>proton</p> Signup and view all the answers

The phenomenon where photoelectrons are emitted from a metal surface is known as the ______ effect.

<p>photoelectric</p> Signup and view all the answers

In beta-plus decay, a proton transforms into a neutron and a ______.

<p>positron</p> Signup and view all the answers

The change of a down quark to an up quark is involved in ______ decay.

<p>beta-minus</p> Signup and view all the answers

The threshold frequency of light varies depending on the type of ______.

<p>metal</p> Signup and view all the answers

Baryon number is always conserved in particle ______.

<p>interactions</p> Signup and view all the answers

Baryons are formed from three ______.

<p>quarks</p> Signup and view all the answers

The only stable baryon is the ______.

<p>proton</p> Signup and view all the answers

A muon is sometimes referred to as a 'heavy ______.'

<p>electron</p> Signup and view all the answers

Strange particles decay through the ______ interaction.

<p>weak</p> Signup and view all the answers

Kaons are an example of a strange particle that decays into ______ via the weak interaction.

<p>pions</p> Signup and view all the answers

To investigate particle physics, particle ______ are built.

<p>accelerators</p> Signup and view all the answers

Strangeness can change by 0, +1 or -1 in ______ interactions.

<p>weak</p> Signup and view all the answers

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