Particle Physics Quiz

<p>A particle with one up quark, one down quark and one strange quark (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>-1.60 × 10−19 C (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>+2/3e (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A particle with one up quark and one down anti-quark (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Centrifugal force (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>10−18 m (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Annihilation (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>ν̅ (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Strong nuclear force (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>10−3 (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Quarks (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>uud (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Electron (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

<p>Decreases by 1 (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Conservation of charge (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>u → d + $e^+$ + $ν_e$ (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>-1/3e (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Hadron (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Strong nuclear force (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A line in a novel (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Neutron (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>6 (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>-⅔e (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Quarks experience the strong force, while leptons do not. (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>+⅔e (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Baryon (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Strong, Electromagnetic, and Weak Nuclear Force (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>None of the above (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Muon (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Antiparticles have the same mass but opposite charge as the particle. (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Hadrons interact strongly with other particles, providing valuable collision data. (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Hadrons are affected by the strong nuclear force, while leptons are not. (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The Higgs boson is thought to be responsible for giving particles their mass. (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The Higgs boson was discovered at CERN's Large Hadron Collider in 2013. (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>None of the above (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The LHC is used to collide particles at high energies to study the fundamental nature of matter. (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Matter composed of antiparticles; opposite to regular matter.

A particle having the same mass but opposite charge as another particle.

The antiparticle of the electron with a positive charge.

A type of radioactive decay involving weak nuclear force, changing a proton to a neutron or vice versa.

The force that holds nucleons together in atomic nuclei, the strongest of the four fundamental forces.

The force responsible for beta decay, much weaker than the strong force.

Composite particles made of quarks, including baryons and mesons.

Elementary particles that do not undergo strong interactions, like electrons and neutrinos.

Process where a particle and its antiparticle collide and convert into energy, usually photons.

Fundamental particle and building block of hadrons.

Physicist who coined the term 'quark'.

Framework describing fundamental particles, including quarks.

Up, down, charm, strange, top, and bottom quarks.

Quarks have fractional charges of +⅔ or -⅓.

Particles that correspond to each type of quark with opposite charge.

Hadrons made of quarks, positively charged.

Neutral hadrons consisting of quarks, found in nuclei.

The process where quarks change type in decays.

A decay where a neutron turns into a proton, emitting an electron and antineutrino.

A decay where a proton turns into a neutron, emitting a positron and an electron neutrino.

A negatively charged subatomic particle emitted during beta decay.

A nearly massless particle emitted in beta minus decay.

A principle stating total charge remains constant in reactions.

A particle with no internal structure that cannot be divided.

Particles smaller than atoms, classified into hadrons and leptons.

Protons, neutrons, and mesons are all examples of hadrons.

Antiparticles have the same mass as their corresponding particles but opposite charge.

A type of lepton, heavier than an electron but not a fundamental particle.

A particle accelerator at CERN that probes fundamental particles using hadrons.

A particle discovered at CERN that explains the mass of other particles.

Hadrons decay through the weak nuclear force.

A proton consists of two up quarks and one down quark (uud).

A neutron consists of one up quark and two down quarks (udd).

The total charge of a proton is +1e.

The total charge of a neutron is 0.

Baryons are hadrons made up of three quarks.

Mesons are hadrons made up of a quark and an anti-quark.