Particle Physics!

The word "atom" means what?

• "indivisible"
• "Adam"
• "extremely small"
• "indestructible"

All atoms consist of mostly empty space.

• True
• False

Almost all of the mass of an atom is found in what part?

• The electron cloud
• The nucleus
• The protons
• The charge

Which of the following is a fundamental particle of the universe?

• The proton
• The neutron
• The electron
• They all are fundamental particles

Protons and neutrons are made up of which fundamental particle?

• electrons
• quarks
• nutrinos
• none of the above

Quarks are categorized in three generations: up and down, charmed and strange, and top and bottom; top and bottom are the most common. 

• True
• False

What happens when you try to separate a pair of quarks?

• two new quarks are created from the energy you put in

• they disappear from the universe

• this has not been confirmed through experimentation
• nothing, they become seperate

A neutrino may not interact when passed through even a light-years length of the dense material lead. 

• True 
• False

According to general relativity, photons do not "experience" time. 

• True
• False

What is tunneling, in terms of quantum physics? 

• Particles can travel through matter, such as rock.
• Particles moving without traversing space between locations.
• Protons and neutrons combine to form electrons.
• None of these are true.