3. Fundamental Forces

Question 1

Name the four fundamental forces

Answer 1

Gravitational
Electromagnetic force
Strong nuclear force
Weak nuclear force

Question 2

Range of gravitational force

Answer 2

Infinite

Question 3

Things that experience gravitational force

Answer 3

All particles (mainly effects large objects (planets))
However doesn’t cause particle interaction

Question 4

Strength of gravitational force

Answer 4

Very weak apart from in context with large objects like planets and stars

Question 5

What things experience electromagnetic forces

Answer 5

All charged particles

Question 6

Range of electromagnetic forces

Answer 6

Infinite

Question 7

What is the Em force also experienced by?

Answer 7

Neutral hadrons as they are composed of quarks

Question 8

What particles experience the strong force?

Answer 8

All quarks so Baryons

Question 9

Range of strong force

Answer 9

Short

Question 10

What is effected by the weak force

Answer 10

All leptons and quarks

Question 11

Range of weak force

Answer 11

Very short

Question 12

How to tell if its a strong force

Answer 12

There will NOT be a change in quark flavour will typically involve collisions between particles
only involves hadrons

Question 13

How to tell if a weak force

Answer 13

There may be a change in quark flavour and neutrinos will be involved

Question 14

How to tell if Em force

Answer 14

The particles must be charged
NO change in quark flavour
Photons may be emitted