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Particles Physics Multiple-Choice Quiz

A quiz to help revise A Level Physics.
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1. Which of these is a baryon?
Electron
Quark
Neutron
Kaon
2. Which of these is a lepton?
Neutrino
Pion
Gluon
Photon
3. What type of particle is a kaon?
Lepton
Baryon
Meson
Fermion
4. What is the quark composition of the most stable baryon?
uuu
uud
ddd
udd
5. What is the specific charge of a nucleus with 76 neutrons and 52 protons?
5.7*10^7 C/kg
3.9*10^7 C/kg
4.8*10^7 C/kg
3.3*10^7 C/kg
6. At distances less than which value is the strong force between nucleons repulsive?
0.5 pm
3.0 fm
3.0 pm
0.5 fm
7. Which of the following forces has W bosons as its exchange particle?
Strong
Weak
Electromagnetic
Gravitational
8. Which combination of particles are formed as a result of beta-minus decay?
Proton, electron and electron antineutrino
Neutron, electron and electron antineutrino
Proton, electron and electron neutrino
Proton and electron
9. Which term refers to the formation of equal amounts of matter and antimatter when energy is converted into mass?
Kinetic theory
Annihilation
Quark confinement
Pair production
10. Which term refers to a collision between a particle and its antiparticle?
Kinetic theory
Annihilation
Quark confinement
Pair production
11. What is the quark composition of a kaon minus?
Down, anti-strange
Up, anti-strange
Up, down, anti-strange
Strange, anti-up
12. What is the quark composition of a positive pion?
Down, anti-down
Strange, anti-up
Up, anti-down
Down, anti-strange
13. Which of these is NOT a fundamental particle?
Quark
Electron
Pion
Neutrino
14. What happens when you attempt to separate a quark from a proton?
The proton undergoes beta-plus decay.
The energy supplied is absorbed by the proton.
The proton splits into its constituent quarks.
The energy supplied is converted into a quark-antiquark pair.
15. Which interaction is responsible for changing a quark's character?
Strong
Weak
Electromagnetic
Gravitational
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