Module 8 - Deep inside the Atom

Question 1

HOW IS IT KNOWN THAT HUMAN UNDERSTANDING OF MATTER IS INCOMPLETE?

Answer 1

LOOK IT UP

Question 2

WHAT TWO PARTICLES MAKE UP THE STANDARD MODEL?

Answer 2

FERMIONS AND BOSONS

Question 3

WHAT IS A GAUGE BOSON?

Answer 3

FORCE MEDIATNG PARTICLE INCLUDING THE GLUON, PHOTON, WWZ THING AND GRAVITON

Question 4

WHAT ARE FERMIONS?

Answer 4

12 MATTER AND ANTIMATTER FUNDAMENTAL PARTICLES: QUARKS AND LEPTONS

Question 5

WHY CAN QUARKS NOT EXIST ON THEIR OWN?

Answer 5

DUE TO COLOUR CHARGES WHICH MUST ADD TO WHITE A.K.A ONE FUNDAMENTAL UNIT , THEY INSTEAD EXIST IN HADRONS

Question 6

WHAT TYPES OF QUARKS IS THE NEUTRON COMPRISED OF?

Answer 6

TWO DOWN AND ONE UP

Question 7

WHAT TYPES OF QUARKS IS THE PROTON COMPRISED OF?

Answer 7

TWO UP AND ONE DOWN

Question 8

NAME THE SIX FLAVOURS OF QUARKS…

Answer 8

UP, DOWN, BOTTOM, TOP, CHARMED, STRANGE

Question 9

DIFFERENTIATE BETWEEN QUARKS AND LEPTONS…

Answer 9

QUARKS EXPERIENCE STRONG NUCLEAR FORCE AND CANNOT BE FOUND ALONE AND DO NOT HAVE INTAGER CHARGES

Question 10

WHICH FUNDAMENTAL PARTICLES INTERACT BY EXCHANGING GLUONS?

Answer 10

HADRONS

Question 11

HADRONS CAN BE BROKEN INTO TWO GROUPS, WHAT ARE THEY?

Answer 11

BARYONS AND MESONS

Question 12

MESONS HAVE A BARYON NUMBER OF…

Answer 12

0

Question 13

BARYONS HAVE A BARYON NUMBER OF…

Answer 13

1 OR -1

Question 14

WHICH FUNDAMENTAL PARTICLE IS COMPRISED OF A QUARK AND ANTIQUARK PAIR?

Answer 14

MESONS

Question 15

WHICH FUNDAMENTAL PARTICLE IS COMPRISED OF THREE QUARKS?

Answer 15

BARYONS

Question 16

PROTONS AND NEUTRONS ARE AN EXAMPLE OF…

Answer 16

BARYONS

Question 17

LEPTONS INTERACT VIA WHICH FORCE?

Answer 17

WEAK NUCLEAR

Question 18

ELECTRONS ARE AN EXAMPLE OF WHICH FUNDAMENTAL PARTICLE?

Answer 18

LEPTONS

Question 19

DESCRIBE FEATURES OF THE LEPTON…

Answer 19

ALMOST MASSLESS AND INTERACT VERY WEAKLY