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The Standard Model in Physics

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 27mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

In standard nuclear notation, what does X represent?

a)

The position of the element of the periodic table

b)

The name of the element

c)

The chemical symbol for the element

d)

The date of discovery of the element

e)

The physical property of the element

2.

In standard nuclear notation, what does A represent?

a)

The number of nucleons

b)

The number of neutrons

c)

The number of protons

d)

The number of electrons

e)

The number of quarks

3.

In standard nuclear notation, what does Z represent?

a)

The number of nucleons

b)

The number of neutrons

c)

The number of protons

d)

The number of electrons

e)

The number of Positrons

4.

An element with a mass number of 10 and an atomic number of 6 has how many protons?

a)

5

b)

8

c)

6

d)

10

e)

4

5.
An element with a mass number of 11 and an atomic number of 5 has how many neutrons?
a)
11
b)
5
c)
6
d)
16
6.

An atom has 10 protons, 15 neutrons and 10 electrons what is its mass number.

a)

20

b)

10

c)

5

d)

25

e)

35

7.

What important force cannot be explained by the standard model?

a)

gravity

b)

electromagnetic

c)

weak-nuclear

d)

strong-nuclear

e)

friction

8.

What is the most famous lepton?

a)

muon

b)

up quark

c)

proton

d)

electron

e)

pion

9.

An electron is an example of a lepton. What categorizes a particle as being a lepton?

a)

Leptons are not influenced by the strong force (no strong interactions).

b)

Leptons are not influenced by electromagnetic force (no E&M interactions).

c)

Leptons are not influenced by the weak force.

d)

Leptons are made of quarks.

e)

Leptons are the part of baryon family.

10.

What happens when a particle meets its anti-particle?

a)

annihilation of both particles

b)

They combined to form a quark

c)

They combined and form matter.

d)

The repel and move away.

e)

It is not possible that they can meet

11.
hadron composed of two up quarks and one down quark
a)
proton
b)
zero
c)
composite particle
d)
quarks flavours
e)
fundamental particle
12.
hadron composed of one up quark and two down quarks
a)
neutron
b)
proton
c)
baryon number
d)
photon
e)
composite particle
13.
a composite particle made of quarks
a)
hadron
b)
electron
c)
neutron
d)
gluon
e)
zero
14.
a hadron with 3 quarks
a)
baryon
b)
hadron
c)
electron
d)
neutron
e)
down quark
15.
a hadron with one quark and one antiquark
a)
meson
b)
baryon
c)
hadron
d)
electron
e)
neutron
16.
along with leptons and fundamental bosons, these make up the elementary particles of the standard model
a)
quark
b)
meson
c)
baryon
d)
hadron
e)
electron
17.
gauge boson responsible for electromagnetic interactions
a)
photon
b)
quarks flavours
c)
down quark
d)
up quark
e)
quark
18.
the only hypothetical gauge boson
a)
graviton
b)
photon
c)
quarks flavours
d)
down quark
e)
up quark
19.
gauge boson responsible for the strong force between quarks
a)
gluon
b)
graviton
c)
photon
d)
quarks flavours
e)
down quark
20.
gauge boson responsible for the weak force
a)
W and Z
b)
gluon
c)
graviton
d)
photon
e)
quarks flavours
21.
electrically neutral very low mass class of leptons
a)
neutrino
b)
W and Z
c)
gluon
d)
graviton
e)
photon
22.
the particles responsible for four fundamental forces
a)
gauge boson
b)
neutrino
c)
W and Z
d)
gluon
e)
graviton
23.
an electron with a positive charge
a)
positron
b)
gauge boson
c)
neutrino
d)
W and Z
e)
gluon
24.
this is the other fundamental boson along with the force carriers
a)
Higgs
b)
positron
c)
gauge boson
d)
neutrino
e)
W and Z
25.
particles with unknown substructure or no substructure
a)
elementary particles
b)
Higgs
c)
positron
d)
gauge boson
e)
neutrino
26.
a particle of the same mass and opposite charge
a)
antiparticle
b)
elementary particles
c)
Higgs
d)
positron
e)
gauge boson
27.
another name for an elementary particle
a)
fundamental particle
b)
antiparticle
c)
elementary particles
d)
Higgs
e)
positron
28.
a particle containing two or more elementary particles
a)
composite particle
b)
fundamental particle
c)
antiparticle
d)
elementary particles
e)
Higgs
29.
all quarks are assigned a value of 1/3 for this number (antiquarks are assigned a -1/3 value)
a)
baryon number
b)
composite particle
c)
fundamental particle
d)
antiparticle
e)
elementary particles
30.
the baryon number of a meson
a)
zero
b)
baryon number
c)
composite particle
d)
fundamental particle
e)
antiparticle
31.

How many different types of quarks are there?

a)

6

b)

5

c)

4

d)

3

e)

12

32.

Name the different type of quarks:

a)

up, down, bottom, top, strange, charm

b)

up, down, left, right, side to side

c)

north, south, east, west, up, down

d)

electron, muon, tao, electron-neutrino, muon-neutrino, tao-neutrino

e)

photon, gluon, boson, pions, mesons, muons

33.

Often seen with the up quark, its partner in the "first generation of matter", the down quark is slightly heavier and just as fun. In terms of e (the charge of a proton), what is the electric charge of a down quark?

a)

+2/3 e

b)

-e

c)

+e

d)

-1/3 e

e)

+1/3 e

34.
along with leptons and fundamental bosons, these make up the elementary particles of the standard model
a)
quark
b)
meson
c)
baryon
d)
hadron
e)
electron
35.

A quantum of energy is the amount of energy required to do what?

a)

move a neutron out of the nucleus

b)

move an electron to the nucleus

c)

move an electron from one energy level to another

d)

move an electron from one atom to another

e)

remove an electron from an atom

36.

There are three families of leptons;

a)

electron, muon, and pi.

b)

electron, muon, and tau.

c)

electron, pi and tau.

d)

electron, pi and neutrino.

e)

electron, gluon, and positron.

37.

What is the standard model?

a)

It explains how particles interact. The model divides all matter into fermions (quarks and leptons) and bosons (exchange particles).

b)

It explains how atoms interact. The model divides all matter into fermions (quarks and leptons) and bosons (exchange particles).

c)

It explains how nuclei interact. The model divides all matter into fermions (quarks and leptons) and bosons (exchange particles).

d)

It explains how molecules interact. The model divides all matter into fermions (quarks and leptons) and bosons (exchange particles).

e)

All of the above

38.

Which particle has electric charge of 2/3?

a)

up quark

b)

down quark

c)

strange

d)

kaon

e)

anion

39.

What is CERN ?

a)

the Central Energy Research Network

b)

the Chief Energy Research Network

c)

the European Organization for Nuclear Research

d)

the Central Europe Research Network.

e)

None of the above

40.

What does LHC stand for?

a)

Large Hadron Collider

b)

Little Hadron Control

c)

Light Hydrogen Collector

d)

Lethal Hydrogen Control

e)

Large Hydrogen Controller

41.

How many neutrons are in a Gold atom?

a)

79

b)

196

c)

118

d)

275

e)

160

42.

What is anything that has mass and takes up space known as?

a)

Mass

b)

Atom

c)

Molecule

d)

Matter

e)

Volume

43.

All of the following are quarks except

a)

strange

b)

bottom

c)

charm

d)

spark

e)

Up

44.

Which is not the name of a particle exchanged in the weak interaction?

a)

Z0

b)

W+

c)

W-

d)

gluon

e)

all of the above

45.

What is the mass of the Higgs Boson discovered in 2012?

a)

approximately 125 M eV

b)

approximately 135 G eV

c)

approximately 125 M eV c-2

d)

approximately 125 G eV c-2

e)

approximately 135 M eV

46.

Which scientist described the location of electrons as specific circular paths around a nucleus?

a)

Bohr

b)

Dalton

c)

Democritus

d)

Einstein

e)

Fermi

47.
the lepton in a hydrogen atom
a)
electron
b)
neutron
c)
zero
d)
graviton
e)
baryon number
48.

What is the name of the exchange particles of the strong interaction?

a)

gluon

b)

W+

c)

W-

d)

photon

e)

Higgs boson

49.
What is the term for combining 2 or more atoms together?
a)
atoms
b)
elements
c)
molecules
d)
compounds
50.

What is the term for combining 2 or more DIFFERENT atoms together?

a)

atoms

b)

elements

c)

molecules

d)

compounds

e)

annihilate

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