Lesson 3.2.1.4
3.2.1.4 Particle interactions Quiz: AQA Physics, Unit 2
20 questions
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The 20 questions
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Which fundamental interaction is responsible for beta decay in unstable nuclei?
- Strong nuclear
- Gravitational
- Weak nuclear
- Electromagnetic
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What is the exchange particle of the electromagnetic force?
- pion
- virtual photon
- gluon
- W boson
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What are the exchange particles of the weak interaction?
- W+ and W- bosons
- gluons
- photons
- pions
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Which particle is the exchange particle of the strong nuclear force between nucleons?
- W boson
- photon
- neutrino
- pion
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Which interaction is responsible for beta-minus decay?
- gravitational interaction
- electromagnetic interaction
- strong nuclear interaction
- weak nuclear interaction
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Which is the strongest of the four fundamental interactions?
- gravitational interaction
- electromagnetic interaction
- weak nuclear interaction
- strong nuclear interaction
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Which interaction has the shortest range?
- weak nuclear interaction
- gravitational interaction
- electromagnetic interaction
- strong nuclear interaction
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Which exchange particle is involved in beta-minus decay?
- photon
- W-
- W+
- pion
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Which exchange particle is involved in beta-plus decay?
- W-
- pion
- gluon
- W+
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Which interaction governs electron-positron annihilation?
- gravitational interaction
- electromagnetic interaction
- strong nuclear interaction
- weak nuclear interaction
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Which fundamental force is mediated by the virtual photon?
- Electromagnetic force
- Weak nuclear force
- Gravitational force
- Strong nuclear force
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Which force between two electrons has the greatest magnitude?
- Electromagnetic force
- Gravitational force
- Weak nuclear force
- Strong nuclear force
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Which quark transition occurs when a neutron decays via a W- boson?
- Down to up
- Down to strange
- Strange to up
- Up to down
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Which exchange particle must be involved in the decay of a free neutron?
- pion
- gluon
- photon
- W-
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What property of the W boson causes the weak interaction's short range?
- Large rest mass
- Zero charge
- High speed
- Negative charge
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What is the range of the electromagnetic force mediated by a virtual photon?
- Zero
- 1.0 fm
- Infinite
- 0.001 fm
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Which fundamental interaction keeps the Moon in orbit around the Earth?
- gravity
- electromagnetic
- weak nuclear
- strong nuclear
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Which force holds quarks together inside a proton?
- gravitational interaction
- weak nuclear interaction
- electromagnetic interaction
- strong nuclear interaction
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Which fundamental interaction is involved when a proton and an electron collide to produce a neutron and a neutrino?
- weak nuclear interaction
- strong nuclear interaction
- gravitational interaction
- electromagnetic interaction
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Which exchange particle is involved in electron capture (p + e- to n + neutrino)?
- pion
- photon
- W+
- W-
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