WorksheetsSubatomic Particles and the Forces
Total questions: 16
Worksheet time: 9mins
What force holds the nucleus together and binds quarks?
Gravity
Weak
Strong
Electromagnetic
Which TWO particles carry the strong force?
Alpha
Gluons
Pions (Pi mesons)
Beta
Choose all the answers that are fundamental particles.
Quarks
Atoms
Leptons
Force Carriers
Nucleons
Which of the below are nucleons?
Neutrons
Protons
Neutrinos
Photons
Neutrino means "tiny little neutral (a) ".
True or false: each particle has an opposite version.
True
False
The opposite of an electron is what?
Antielectron
Positron
Proton
Oppoelectron
What is a virtual particle?
A particle on a computer screen.
A particle that exists only part of the time.
A particle that goes to school via computer.
A particle that exists in a certain "fraud" state.
What does string theory state?
Everything is made out of tiny strings.
Strings make wormholes.
Every particle has a certain vibration.
There is no such thing as string theory.
Check all that are true:
Energy and mass are different aspects of the same thing.
Mass cannot be created or destroyed.
Only certain particle accelerators actually accelerate particles.
Mass can be created and destroyed.
What is a beta particle?
A proton "gets nervous" and disperses, releasing an electron.
An electron that was ejected from an atom.
A proton that was ejected from the atom.
A neutron that was ejected from the atom.
A neutron copies itself.
What is an alpha particle?
The nucleus of an antihydrogen atom.
364 stray electrons held together by the strong force.
A nucleus of a hydrogen atom.
What does e=mc2 mean?
Energy and matter are different sides of the coin.
Nothing can go faster than the speed of light.
Matter cannot be created or destroyed.
Everything is made of matter.
Where do you get mass from? Choose TWO answers.
Gravity
The Higgs Field
Quanta packets
Neutrinos
Energy
Why are some elements radioactive?
The way they formed makes them radioactive.
They "listen" to radio waves.
They aren't radioactive.
The strong force cannot account for all the nucleons.
Where do you get MOST of your mass from?
The Higgs Boson
Flux Tubes
e=mc2
Electromagnetism
