WorksheetsStandard Model Revision
Total questions: 19
Worksheet time: 10mins
How many different types of quarks are there?
6
5
4
3
What are hadrons made of?
quarks
protons and neutrons
electrons, muons, and taos
Fermions
Baryons are
a type of hadron that is made of three quarks.
a type of meson that is made of two quarks.
a type of lepton like the electron and muon
atoms.
What combination of quarks make up a proton?
up, up, down
down, down, up
top, top, bottom
strange, top, up
What combination of quarks makes up a neutron?
up, up, down
down, down, up
top, top, bottom
strange, charm, top
An electron is an example of a lepton. What categorizes a particle as being a lepton?
Leptons are not influenced by the strong force (no strong interactions).
Leptons are not influenced by electromagnetic force (no E&M interactions).
Leptons are not influenced by the weak force.
Leptons are made of quarks.
Name the different type of quarks:
up, down, bottom, top, strange, charm
up, down, left, right, side to side
north, south, east, west, up, down
electron, muon, tao, electron-neutrino, muon-neutrino, tao-neutrino
What important force cannot be explained by the standard model?
gravity
electromagnetic
weak-nuclear
strong-nuclear
What exchange particle is responsible for giving fundamental particles mass?
photon
gluon
Z-Boson
Higgs Boson
What is the strong force carrier particle called?
photon
gluon
higgs
Z-boson
What happens when a particle meets its anti-particle?
annihilation of both particles
They combined to form a quark
They combined and form matter.
The repel and move away.
What exchange particle is responsible for the electromagnetic interactions?
W-boson
Z-boson
higgs
photon
What exchange particle is responsible for the strong interaction?
gluon
photon
Z-Boson
Higgs Boson
What exchange particle is responsible for decays? It is the reason the sun shines.
W-boson
photon
higgs
gluon
Name given for particles that have the same mass but all other properties are opposite.
anti-matter
anti-particles
annihilate
dark matter
Name for all composite particles that are made out of quarks.
hadron
lepton
boson
meson
What is the name of a particle/hadron where a quark combines with an anti-quark?
quark
lepton
boson
meson
What is the electric charge of the proton?
+ 1
0
- 1
can’t tell
Which is not the name of a particle exchanged in the weak interaction?
Z0
W+
W-
gluon
