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Probing the Heart of Matter

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 9mins

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1.

What is an Electric Field?


a)

Where a particle has electric potential

b)

A region where a particle with mass experiences a force

c)

A region where a charged particle experiences a force

d)

Where there is a constant electric field strength

2.

In Coulomb's law, teh force between two charged particles is

a)

proportional to the distance between them

b)

directly proportional to the distance between them

c)

inversely proportional to the distance between them

d)

inversely proportional to the square of the distance between them

3.

Equipotential lines are always

a)

The same distance apart

b)

increasing in distance apart

c)

the same value

d)

the same charge along the line

4.

Electric field strength can be defined as

a)

the force felt by a charge

b)

the gradient of electric potential

c)

the energy per coulomb in a field

d)

the line of equal potential

5.

A resultant force is required for circular motion. This is fundamentally due to

a)

Newton's 1st law

b)

Newton's 2nd law

c)

Newton's 3rd law

d)

Centripetal force

6.

The feeling of weightlessness arises from

a)

the lack of a normal contact force on an object

b)

the lack of forces on an object

c)

the lack of a resultant force on an object

d)

the lack of gravity on an object

7.

Antimatter can have opposite

a)

mass

b)

energy

c)

lepton number

d)

size

8.

a baryon consists of how many quarks?

a)

0

b)

1

c)

2

d)

3

9.

A hadron consists of

a)

quarks

b)

protons

c)

neutrons

d)

leptons

10.

A meson consists of

a)

2 quarks

b)

2 quarks and one antiquark

c)

a quark and an antiquark

d)

2 antiquarks

11.

A lepton is

a)

a negative particle

b)

a fundamental particle

c)

a proton

d)

a type of hadron

12.

Quarks interact with

a)

the weak force

b)

the gravitational force

c)

the electromagnetic force

d)

the strong force

13.

For thermionic emission the wire must be

a)

hot

b)

cold

c)

moving

d)

connected to a power supply

14.

In a LINAC the electrons are accelerated by

a)

the magnetic field

b)

the drift tubes

c)

the electric field

d)

gravity

15.

In a LINAC the field swaps due to the

a)

alternating current

b)

direct current

c)

increasing length of the drift tubes

d)

gaps in the drift tubes

16.

In a LINAC the time is kept constant in the drift tubes by

a)

decreasing the length of the drift tubes

b)

changing the length of the drift tubes

c)

increasing the length of the drift tubes

d)

accelerating the electrons

17.

In a CYCLOTRON the protons are accelerated by

a)

the magnetic field

b)

the magnetic field and the electric field

c)

the electric field

d)

the dees

18.

In a CYCLOTRON the time is kept constant by

a)

the increasing radius of the proton's path

b)

the increasing size of the dees

c)

the electric field

d)

the AC supply