Particles And Waves

Question 1

What do fundamental particles mean?

Answer 1

Can’t be broken down into any other particle

Question 2

What are the main 12 fundamental particles called?

Answer 2

Fermions

Question 3

What are bosons?

Answer 3

Force mediating particles

Question 4

What is the mediating force for gluons?

Answer 4

Strong force

Question 5

What force do photons mediate?

Answer 5

Electromagnetic force

Question 6

What force do Z and W boson mediate?

Answer 6

Weak force

Question 7

What is the name for particles made up of quarks?

Answer 7

Hadrons

Question 8

What is the name for particles made up of 3 quarks?

Answer 8

Baryons

Question 9

What are mesons made up of?

Answer 9

Made of one quark and one anti-quark

Question 10

What is the name for the anti-electron?

Answer 10

Positron

Question 11

What are anti-quarks?

Answer 11

Same as normal quarks but opposite charge

Question 12

Where did the evidence of the neutrino come from?

Answer 12

Associated with beta decay

Question 13

What type of particle is an electron?

Answer 13

All fermions but electron is a lepton specifically

Question 14

What will happen to a charged particle if you put it in a electric field?

Answer 14

It will experience a force and will be accelerated - slowed down or higher speed

Question 15

What do charged particles experience in a magnetic field?

Answer 15

A particle will experience a force