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Inside The Atom Trivia Quiz

A hopefully interesting journey inside the atom.

A multiple-choice quiz by Bohr. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
Bohr

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
65,009

Updated
Apr 06 22

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
5 / 10

Plays
4926

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Question 1 of 10

1. Atoms consists of which particles? Hint

Protons-Neutrons-Hadrons

Protons-Neutrons-Electrons

Protrons-Neutrons-Positrons

Protons-Neutrons-Photons

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Question 2 of 10

2. Atom comes from the Greek word 'atomos' which means undivided. Now we know that atoms in fact are divided into different particles(see question 1). Protons and neutrons can be further divided into even smaller parts. What do we call these smaller parts that makes up protons and neutrons? Hint

Muons

Quarks

Neutrinos

Leptons

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Question 3 of 10

3. There are six types or 'flavours' of quarks. The first five quarks are called: Up, Down, Top, Bottom and Strange. What is the name of the last quark? Hint

Mosaic

Heavy

Charm

Free

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Question 4 of 10

4. Who discovered the electron? Hint

Ernest Rutherford

Werner Heisenberg

Paul Dirac

J.J. Thomson

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Question 5 of 10

5. The muon is a particle similar to the electron except for its mass. How much heavier is the muon compared to the electron? --- Hint

207 times

307 times

97 times

107 times

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Question 6 of 10

6. What do you call this group of unstable subatomic particles with masses intermediate between that of the electron and that of the proton? Hint

Leptons

Mesons

Hadrons

Photons

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Question 7 of 10

7. To which group of particles does the electron belong? Hint

Leptons

Pions

Kaons

Gigatrons

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Question 8 of 10

8. The spin of bosons can only take values that are whole numbers or zero?

True

False

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Question 9 of 10

9. The baryons form a subclass of the?

Answer: (One Word)

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Question 10 of 10

10. The lambda, xi, sigma, and omega particles belong to which group of highly unstable subatomic particles?

Answer: (One Word)

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Atoms consists of which particles?

Answer: Protons-Neutrons-Electrons

Atoms are the smallest units of matter that can take part in a chemical reaction, and which cannot be broken down chemically into anything simpler.

Answer: Quarks

The term 'Quark' was first introduced by the famous US physicist Murray Gell-Mann.

3. There are six types or 'flavours' of quarks. The first five quarks are called: Up, Down, Top, Bottom and Strange. What is the name of the last quark?

Answer: Charm

Each of the six quarks also has three varieties or 'colours': red, green and blue(visual colour is not meant, but the analogy is useful in many ways).

4. Who discovered the electron?

Answer: J.J. Thomson

Thomson was experimenting with currents of electricity inside empty glass tubes. He was investigating a long-standing puzzle known as 'cathode rays.' His experiments prompted him to make a bold proposal: these mysterious rays are streams of particles much smaller than atoms, they are in fact minuscule pieces of atoms.

He called these particles 'corpuscles,' and suggested that they might make up all of the matter in atoms.

5. The muon is a particle similar to the electron except for its mass. How much heavier is the muon compared to the electron? ---

Answer: 207 times

The muon has a half-life of 2 millionths of a second, decaying into electrons and neutrinos.

6. What do you call this group of unstable subatomic particles with masses intermediate between that of the electron and that of the proton?

Answer: Mesons

Mesons are found in cosmic radiation, and is emitted by nuclei under bombardment by very high-energy particles.

7. To which group of particles does the electron belong?

Answer: Leptons

The electrons in each atom surround the nucleus in groupings called shells.

8. The spin of bosons can only take values that are whole numbers or zero?

Answer: True

Unlike fermions, more than one boson in a system(such as an atom) can prossess the same energy state. This statement is known as the Bose-Einstein law.

9. The baryons form a subclass of the?

Answer: Hadrons

Protons and neutrons both belong to the group of baryons.

10. The lambda, xi, sigma, and omega particles belong to which group of highly unstable subatomic particles?

Answer: Hyperons

Hyperons includes all the baryons with the exception of protons and neutrons.

Source: Author Bohr

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