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WorksheetsQuarks & leptons
Total questions: 13
Worksheet time: 5mins
What do we call a particle that is not made up of any smaller particles?
• Atomic particle
•Minimum particle
•Original particle
•Elementary particle
•Base particle
•Light is made up of what type of elementary particles?
•Quarks
•Leptons
• Photons
• Gluons
•All of the above
•What type of elementary particles are electrons?
•Quarks
•Leptons
• Photons
Bosons
•What elementary particles are the building blocks for protons and neutrons?
•Quarks
• Leptons
• Photons
• Gluons
•How many quarks make up a proton?
0
1
2
3
4
•What particle is made up of two 'down' quarks and one 'up' quark?
•Atom
• Electron
• Neutron
• Proton
• Tachyon
What are fermions?
Elements with ferrous metallic properties
Fundamental particles of matter
Hard subatomic solids
Groups of particles with the same charge or mass
What are bosons?
Elementary crew members on merchant vessels
A term in particle physics used to describe matter
Subatomic particles that carry forces
An electron switch used in nano-circuits
Which of the following sentences about antimatter is NOT true:
Antimatter is normal matter with an opposite charge
Antimatter is only produced in particle accelerators
Antimatter annihilates matter
Equal amounts of antimatter and matter were created during the Big Bang
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?
+2/3 e
-e
+e
-1/3 e
the charge of an antitop quark is approximatelly...
-1.067x10-19 C
+1.067x10-19 C
-2.40x10-19 C
+5.33x10-20 C
What fundamental force holds quarks together to form particles such as protons and neutrons?
electromagnetic force
gravitational force
strong force
weak force
What is the total number of quarks in a helium nucleus consisting of 2 protons and 2 neutrons?
16
12
8
4
