Physics: Elementary Particles
Test Quiz
1. What do we call a particle that is not made up of any smaller particles?
a. Atomic particle
b. Minimum particle
c. Original particle
d. Elementary particle
e. Base particle
2. What category of elementary particles are matter particles?
a. Cations
b. Fermions
c. Bosons
d. Icons
e. Einsteins
3. What category of elementary particles are force-carrying particles?
a. Cations
b. Fermions
c. Bosons
d. Icons
e. Einsteins
4. Light is made up of what type of elementary particles?
a. Quarks
b. Leptons
c. Photons
d. Gluons
e. All of the above
5. What type of elementary particles are electrons?
a. Quarks
b. Leptons
c. Photons
d. Gluons
e. All of the above
6. What elementary particles are the building blocks for protons and neutrons?
a. Quarks
b. Leptons
c. Photons
d. Gluons
e. All of the above
7. What type of elementary particles create the strong force between quarks?
a. Quarks
b. Leptons
c. Photons
d. Gluons
e. All of the above
8. How many quarks make up a proton?
a. 0
b. 1
c. 2
d. 3
e. 4
9. What particle is made up of two 'down' quarks and one 'up' quark?
a. Atom
b. Electron
c. Neutron
d. Proton
e. Tachyon
10. What theoretical particle travels faster than the speed of light?
a. Quark
b. Boson
c. Fermion
d. Einstein
e. Tachyon
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