Particle Physics Quiz: Quarks and Leptons

What are the two types of quarks that make up protons and neutrons?

• Up quarks and down quarks

• Strange quarks and charm quarks

• Left quarks and right quarks

• Top quarks and bottom quarks

What is the charge of an electron neutrino?

• -1

• 2

• 1

• 0

What is the name of the force-carrying particle associated with the weak nuclear force?

• Photon and Gluon

• W and Z bosons

• Proton and Neutron

• Neutrino and Electron

Which type of lepton has the highest mass?

• Neutrino lepton

• Muon lepton

• Electron lepton

• Tau lepton

What is the third generation of quarks and leptons called?

• top and bottom quarks, tau and tau neutrino leptons

• strange and charm quarks, muon and muon neutrino leptons

• up and down quarks, electron and electron neutrino leptons

• beauty and truth quarks, tau and tau neutrino leptons

What is the antiparticle of an electron?

• neutrino

• photon

• positron

• proton

What is the name of the particle that mediates the strong nuclear force?

• neutron

• electron

• photon

• gluon

What is the symbol for the up quark?

• r

• p

• u

• q

What is the total number of flavors of quarks and leptons?

• 24

• 12

• 3

• 6