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AQA A Level Physics 3.2.1.4 Particle interactions

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of the following is NOT one of the four fundamental interactions?

a)

Gravity

b)

Electromagnetic

c)

Thermal

d)

Strong nuclear

e)

Weak nuclear

2.

What is the exchange particle for the electromagnetic force?

a)

Gluon

b)

Virtual photon

c)

Graviton

d)

W boson

e)

Z boson

3.

What is the exchange particle for the weak nuclear force?

a)

Gluon

b)

Virtual photon

c)

Graviton

d)

W boson

e)

Z boson

4.

Which force is associated with β-decay?

a)

Electromagnetic

b)

Strong nuclear

c)

Weak nuclear

d)

Gravitational

5.

Which force is associated with charges attracting and repelling?

a)

Electromagnetic

b)

Strong nuclear

c)

Weak nuclear

d)

Gravitational

6.

Which force is associated with masses attracting each other?

a)

Electromagnetic

b)

Strong nuclear

c)

Weak nuclear

d)

Gravitational

7.

Which force is associated with nucleons in the nucleus?

a)

Electromagnetic

b)

Strong nuclear

c)

Weak nuclear

d)

Gravitational

8.

What is the role of exchange particles in particle interactions?

a)

To create new particles

b)

To explain forces between particles

c)

To destroy particles

d)

To increase particle mass

e)

To change the charge of a particle

9.

Which force explains electron capture?

a)

Electromagnetic

b)

Weak nuclear

c)

Strong nuclear

d)

Gravitational

10.

Which force explains electron-proton collisions?

a)

Electromagnetic

b)

Weak nuclear

c)

Strong nuclear

d)

Gravitational

11.

What is NOT a characteristic of the strong nuclear force?

a)

It is one of the four fundamental interactions

b)

It is also known as the strong interaction

c)

It involves virtual photons

d)

It holds nucleons in the nucleus

12.

Which interaction is NOT associated with the weak nuclear force?

a)

β-decay

b)

Electron capture

c)

Nucleons in the nucleus

d)

Electron-proton collisions

13.
a)

β+\beta^+ decay

b)

β\beta^- decay

c)

electron-capture

d)

electron-proton collision

e)

electrostatic attraction / repulsion

14.
a)

β+\beta^+ decay

b)

β\beta^- decay

c)

electron-capture

d)

electron-proton collision

e)

electrostatic attraction / repulsion

15.
a)

β+\beta^+ decay

b)

β\beta^- decay

c)

electron-capture

d)

electron-proton collision

e)

electrostatic attraction / repulsion

16.
a)

β+\beta^+ decay

b)

β\beta^- decay

c)

electron-capture

d)

electron-proton collision

e)

electrostatic attraction / repulsion

17.
a)

β+\beta^+ decay

b)

β\beta^- decay

c)

electron-capture

d)

electron-proton collision

e)

electrostatic attraction / repulsion

18.
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Match the following

a)

Strongest

1.

Strong nuclear force

b)

Strong

2.

Electrostatic

c)

Weak

3.

Weak nuclear force

d)

Weakest

4.

Gravity