Lesson 3.2.1.6

3.2.1.6 Quarks and antiquarks Quiz: AQA Physics, Unit 2

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The 20 questions

  1. What is the charge of a strange quark?

    • -1/3 e
    • +1/3 e
    • +2/3 e
    • -2/3 e
  2. What is the strangeness of a strange quark?

    • -2
    • 0
    • -1
    • +1
  3. What is the baryon number of a quark?

    • 1
    • -1/3
    • 1/3
    • 0
  4. What is the charge of an anti-up quark?

    • -2/3 e
    • -1/3 e
    • +2/3 e
    • +1/3 e
  5. What is the quark combination of a proton?

    • uud
    • udd
    • ddd
    • uuu
  6. What is the quark combination of a neutron?

    • uud
    • uus
    • dds
    • udd
  7. What is the quark combination of an antiproton?

    • d-bar d-bar u-bar
    • u-bar u-bar d-bar
    • u u d
    • u d-bar d-bar
  8. What is the quark combination of a pi+ meson?

    • u s-bar
    • u u-bar
    • u d-bar
    • d d-bar
  9. What is the quark combination of a K+ meson?

    • u d-bar
    • s s-bar
    • u s-bar
    • d s-bar
  10. In beta-minus decay of a neutron, which quark change occurs?

    • a down quark becomes an up quark
    • an up quark becomes a down quark
    • a down quark becomes an antiquark
    • a strange quark becomes an up quark
  11. What is the total charge of a proton from its quark content?

    • +1 e
    • -1 e
    • +2/3 e
    • 0
  12. What is the baryon number of a pi meson?

    • 2/3
    • 0
    • 1
    • -1
  13. What is the strangeness of a K+ meson (u s-bar)?

    • 0
    • +1
    • +2
    • -1
  14. What is the quark combination of an antineutron?

    • u-bar d-bar d-bar
    • d d u
    • u u d
    • u-bar u-bar d-bar
  15. Which combination of quarks has total charge zero and strangeness -2?

    • u s s
    • u u s
    • u s d
    • d s s
  16. What is the charge and strangeness of a particle made of quarks u s s?

    • 0 and -1
    • +1 and -2
    • 0 and -2
    • -1 and -1
  17. Which quark combination has charge +1 and baryon number 1 but is not a proton?

    • u u s
    • u d d
    • u d s
    • u u d
  18. Which quark combination is a pi- meson?

    • d d-bar
    • u-bar u-bar d
    • d u-bar
    • u d-bar
  19. What is the strangeness of a particle made of quarks u d s?

    • -2
    • +1
    • -1
    • 0
  20. Which quark combination has charge zero and baryon number 1 without any strange quark?

    • u u s
    • u u d
    • u d d
    • d d d

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