Particle Physics Student Quiz | 155 plays

1.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Which type of fundamental particle can combine with each other?

Hadrons

Leptons

Neutrinos

Quarks

2.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

What quarks are protons made of?

U U D

D D U

U D C

S S C

3.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

What is the weak nuclear force responsible for?

Colour interaction

Electron repulsion

Mass attraction

Nuclear decay

4.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

What is NOT a quark flavour?

Charge

Top

Up

Warm

5.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Which lepton flavour is the third generation?

Electron

Muon

Positron

Tauon

6.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Which quark flavour is in the second generation?

Down

Strange

Top

Up

7.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

What elementary particle makes up light?

Gluons

Leptons

Photons

Quarks

All of the above

8.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

The name of a particle with no internal structure

Atomic Particle

Base Particle

Elementary Particle

Smallest Particle

9.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Theoretically, what particles can travel faster than the speed of light?

Boson

Lepton

Neutron

Photon

Tachyon

10.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Which is not a generation pair of quarks?

Charm, Strange

Up, Bottom

Top, Bottom

Up, Down

11.

Multiple Select

30 sec

1 pt

Which forces have an infinite range, select all that apply.

Electromagnetic Force

Gravitational Force

Strong Nuclear Force

Weak Nuclear Force

12.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Which particle has no mass-energy?

Electron

Muon

Photon

Tau

13.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Which of the following is a combination of quarks?

Leptons and Hadrons

Mesons and Baryons

Protons and Electrons

14.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Which of the following is a pair of quark flavours?

Charm/Odd

Charm/Strange

Magic/Strange

Magic/Odd

15.

Multiple Select

30 sec

1 pt

Which of the following can combine - select all that apply.

Baryons

Leptons

Quarks

Neutrons

16.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

What combination of colours makes white?

R R R

G G G

B B B

R G B

17.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

A combination of quarks is called?

Baryons

Fermions

Hadrons

Mesons

18.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Which quark flavour is part of a proton?

Charm

Down

Strange

Top

19.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Which of the following is NOT a colour of quarks?

Black

Blue

Green

Red

20.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Which gauge boson has the least mass?

Photon

W-

W+

Z

21.

Multiple Select

30 sec

1 pt

Which particles are affected by gravity? Select all that apply

Leptons

Neutrinos

Photons

Quarks

22.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

How do atoms interact?

Atoms are pulled together by gravity

Electrons in one atom are attracted to protons in another atom

Neutrons in atoms bind together and fuse the nucleii

Neutrons are attracted to electrons and bind together

23.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

What definition best describes neutrinos

Neutrinos are similar to an electron with larger mass and control electromagnetism

Neutrinos are similar to a proton that are small, rare, and have no charge

Neutrinos are a particle that is small, rare, and has no charge

Neutrinos are similar to an electron that are small, very common, and have no charge

24.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Why are mesons unstable?

It contains a particle and antiparticle

It contains a particle and an up quark

They have a short half-life

The repulsion in the nuclear is larger than the EM force

25.

Multiple Select

30 sec

1 pt

What are the names of the first generation quarks? Select two

Bottom

Charm

Down

Top

Up

26.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

What is a meson?

Composite subatomic particle made up by three antiquarks held together by the strong nuclear force.

Composite subatomic particle made up of one quark and one antiquark, held together by the strong nuclear force.

Composite subatomic particle made up of generation 3 leptons.

Composite subatomic particle made up of an electron/electron neutrino pair.

27.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Gluons are found between what particles?

Fermions

Leptons

Photons

Quarks