Nuclear Physics

How many different types of quarks are there?

• 6

• 5

• 4

• 3

Baryons are

• a type of hadron that is made of three quarks.

• a type of meson that is made of two quarks.

• a type of lepton like the electron and muon

• atoms.

What combination of quarks make up a proton?

• up, up, down

• down, down, up

• top, top, bottom

• strange, top, up

Baryons are

• a type of hadron that is made of three quarks.

• a type of meson that is made of two quarks.

• a type of lepton like the electron and muon

• atoms.

What combination of quarks makes up a neutron?

• up, up, down

• down, down, up

• top, top, bottom

• strange, charm, top

All of the following are quarks except

• strange

• bottom

• charmed

• spark

Over what range does the strong force apply?

• Within the nucleus

• Within the electron

• Within an ion

• Within a thin slice of metal

What is the relative strength of the strong force compared to other fundamental forces?

• Strongest

• Nonexistent

• Moderate

• Weakest

• Energy can be converted into mass at a constant rate.

• Mass can be converted into energy.

• Energy and mass are independent properties.

• Mass can be converted into energy at a variable rate depending on the speed of light.

• The speed of an object

• The speed of light in a vacuum

• The energy content of mass

• The conversion factor between mass and energy