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Positive Particle Physics Trivia Quiz

The sub-atomic world is a really strange one. There are weird particles, twisting waves and mind-boggling reactions. Take this quiz about this strange world.

A multiple-choice quiz by namastheg. Estimated time: 3 mins.

Author
namastheg

Time
3 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
78,156

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
6 / 10

Plays
3622

Last 3 plays: Guest 97 (7/10), Guest 92 (6/10), Guest 73 (6/10).

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Question 1 of 10

1. Is the proton a FUNDAMENTAL particle?

Yes

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Question 2 of 10

2. Protons and neutrons contain these- Hint

quarks

gauges

leptons

cakes

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Question 3 of 10

3. The heaviest lepton is the ____ particle. Hint

tau

zau

mao

kau

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Question 4 of 10

4. Muons belong to which category of fundamental particles? Hint

Leptons

Baryons

Quarks

Bosons

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Question 5 of 10

5. Name the gauge boson. Hint

Proton

Magneton

Forson

Photon

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Question 6 of 10

6. How many bosons are there to carry the weak nuclear force? Hint

333

None

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Question 7 of 10

7. Name the boson that carries the strong nuclear force. Hint

bindon

neutrinos

xi particle

gluon

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Question 8 of 10

8. Pions and Kaons belong to which category of sub-atomic particles? Hint

mesons

leptons

baryons

hadrinos

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Question 9 of 10

9. Theoretically, which particles are believed to outnumber any other class of particles? Hint

Muons

Quarks

Neutrinos

Electrons

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Question 10 of 10

10. The antiparticle of an electron is called a(n)... Hint

anti-electron or electrino

positron or anti-electron

omegatron or electrino

positron or omegatron

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Is the proton a FUNDAMENTAL particle?

Answer: No

Of course, it isn't. It belongs to a group of subatomic particles called baryons.

2. Protons and neutrons contain these-

Answer: quarks

Leptons include electrons, muons, tauons and neutrinos. Gauge is a theory in Particle Physics. Cake, I would definitely like to eat!

3. The heaviest lepton is the ____ particle.

Answer: tau

It is 3700 times heavier than the electron, which means it is heavier than a hydrogen atom! However, it has an extremely short lifetime.

4. Muons belong to which category of fundamental particles?

Answer: Leptons

Tauons, muons, electrons and neutrinos belong to the category of leptons.

5. Name the gauge boson.

Answer: Photon

Bosons are fundamental particles that carry fundamental forces. Light, Infrared, UV rays, X-Rays, Microwaves, Gamma Rays, Radio waves are all made of the boson called photon. Bosons are named after the scientist Satyendranath Bose. Explained by Albert Einstein, light waves can also behave as stream of particles. Believe or not, electrons and atoms also behave as waves! Even huge carbon molecules called fullerenes have been shown to behave as waves! This wave-particle duality theory was explained by Werner Heisenberg.

At present this is a controversial area in physics.

6. How many bosons are there to carry the weak nuclear force?

Answer: 3

The bosons that carry the weak nuclear force are W positive, W negative and Z neutral.

7. Name the boson that carries the strong nuclear force.

Answer: gluon

These bosons bind the quarks in the protons and neutrons. Neutrinos aren't bosons. The other 2 - I just made up!

8. Pions and Kaons belong to which category of sub-atomic particles?

Answer: mesons

Mesons are hadrons that contain 2 quarks. Pions are responsible for binding together the nucleons (protons and neutrons taken together) in the nucleus.

9. Theoretically, which particles are believed to outnumber any other class of particles?

Answer: Neutrinos

It is due to the fact that neutrinos are produced in almost every nuclear reaction. In fact trillions and trillions are produced in the Sun and billions of them pass right through the Earth and us. They were believed to have no mass! But recent research has shown that they do have an extremely small mass.

10. The antiparticle of an electron is called a(n)...

Answer: positron or anti-electron

There is no such thing as electrino. But there is 'selectron'. According to supersymmetry theory, every boson(messenger particle) has a corresponding fermion (matter particle) and vice versa. This 'selectron' is the boson that corresponds to the fermion - electron. There is no 'Omegatron'. But there is a particle called 'Omega'.

Source: Author namastheg

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