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Quiz about Inside The Atom
Quiz about Inside The Atom

Inside The Atom Trivia Quiz


A hopefully interesting journey inside the atom.

A multiple-choice quiz by Bohr. Estimated time: 5 mins.
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Author
Bohr
Time
5 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
65,009
Updated
Apr 06 22
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Tough
Avg Score
5 / 10
Plays
4924
Last 3 plays: Guest 86 (9/10), 1305233 (10/10), bernie73 (3/10).
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Question 1 of 10
1. Atoms consists of which particles? Hint


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


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


Question 4 of 10
4. Who discovered the electron? Hint


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


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


Question 7 of 10
7. To which group of particles does the electron belong? Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. The spin of bosons can only take values that are whole numbers or zero?


Question 9 of 10
9. The baryons form a subclass of the?

Answer: (One Word)
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.
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?

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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