Quiz on Particle Accelerators

What is the largest atom smasher ever built?

• The Large Hadron Collider (LHC)

• The International Space Station

• The Hubble Space Telescope

• The Voyager Spacecraft

What is the circumference of the Large Hadron Collider?

• 18 miles

• 10 miles

• 25 miles

• 5 miles

What is the primary function of an atom smasher?

• To collide atomic nuclei together at high energy

• To observe distant galaxies

• To measure atmospheric pressure

• To generate electricity

What is used to make charged particles move in a particle accelerator?

• Electric fields

• Magnetic fields

• Gravitational fields

• Sound waves

How can a simple particle accelerator be made?

• By hooking two parallel metal plates to a battery

• By using a magnet and a coil

• By heating a metal rod

• By using a solar panel

How long was the earlier accelerator that used the method of putting batteries one after another?

• 150 miles

• 30 miles

• 1 mile

• 5 miles

What is the equivalent of the earlier accelerator in terms of batteries?

• 5 trillion batteries

• 30 billion batteries

• 1 million batteries

• 100 billion batteries

What would be required to make an accelerator equivalent to five trillion batteries?

• An accelerator 150 miles long

• An accelerator 50 miles long

• An accelerator 10 miles long

• An accelerator 200 miles long

What do magnetic fields do to particles in an accelerator?

• Make them go faster

• Make them move in a circular path

• Slow them down

• Stop them completely

What would be impossible without the engineering feat of a particle accelerator?

• Generating electricity

• Creating new elements

• Studying particle collisions

• Building large structures