The Standard Model

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Weakest force mediating boson

Gravitational

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Strongest force mediating boson

Strong

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2nd smallest and 2nd strongest force mediating bosons

Weak, Electromagnetism

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2 main types of particles in the standard model

Fermions and bosons

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2 types of fermions

Quarks and leptons

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6 types of leptons

Electron, electron neutrino, muon, muon neutrino, tau, tau neutrino

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What are anti particles?

Particles with the same mass but opposite charge

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Are hadrons quarks or leptons?

Quarks

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6 types of quarks

Up, down, charm, strange, top, bottom

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2 types of hadrons

Baryons and mesons

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Examples of baryons

Protons and neutrons

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Examples of mesons

Quark and antiquark

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3 discovered types of force mediating particles (bosons)

Gluon, W and Z bosons, photon

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What kind of force is associated with gluons

Strong force

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What kind of force is associated with W and Z bosons

Weak force

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What kind of force is associated with photons

Electromagnetic force

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4th undiscovered force mediating particle (bosons)

Graviton

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Secret 5th force mediating particle

Higgs boson

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Type of force associated with gravitons

Gravitational force

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Range of strong force

10-15

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Range of weak force

10-18

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Range of electromagnetic force

Infinite

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Range of gravitational force

Infinite

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Where does evidence for the existence of quarks come from?

High energy collisions carried out in particle accelerators

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Evidence for the existence of antimatter

The production of energy in the annihilation of particles

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What was the first evidence of the neutrino?

Beta decay

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How many quarks are baryons made up of?

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