2.5 Classification of particles

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  • Fundamental particles can be broken down into smaller components.
    False
  • Quarks combine to form hadrons
  • Name the six types of quarks.
    Up, down, strange, charm, top, bottom
  • What are the three main categories of fundamental particles?
    Quarks, leptons, gauge bosons
  • Name three charged leptons.
    Electron, muon, tau
  • What type of fundamental particles are the building blocks of hadrons?
    Quarks
  • The strong nuclear force binds quarks together within hadrons.

    True
  • Leptons interact via the strong nuclear force.
    False
  • What are the three charged leptons?
    Electron, muon, tau
  • Match the quark type with an example particle it forms:
    Up, Down ↔️ Protons, Neutrons
    Strange, Charm ↔️ Kaons, Lambda particles
    Top, Bottom ↔️ B-mesons, Top quarks
  • Which gauge boson mediates the electromagnetic force?
    Photon
  • The Standard Model describes all known fundamental particles and their interactions.

    True
  • What are fundamental particles in physics?
    Basic building blocks of matter
  • Name the six types of leptons.
    Electron, electron neutrino, muon, muon neutrino, tau, tau neutrino
  • Quarks interact via the weak force.
    False
  • Name three neutral leptons.
    Electron neutrino, muon neutrino, tau neutrino
  • Which two quarks are found in protons and neutrons?
    Up, down
  • What role do gauge bosons play in particle physics?
    Mediate fundamental forces
  • Which force is mediated by gluons?
    Strong nuclear force
  • Leptons combine to form composite particles like quarks.
    False
  • Which force binds quarks within hadrons?
    Strong nuclear force
  • The weak force is mediated by W and Z bosons
  • The Standard Model is a theory of particle physics that describes the basic constituents of matter
  • What force do leptons interact through?
    Weak nuclear force
  • Leptons combine to form composite particles.
    False
  • Quarks combine in groups of twos to form mesons
  • Quarks combine to form hadrons
  • Leptons do not interact via the strong
  • Quarks are the building blocks of hadrons
  • Gauge bosons transmit fundamental forces by exchanging virtual particles.

    True
  • What is the hypothesized gauge boson for gravity?
    Graviton