Joy of Science #33 & #34

1) Scientists use what tool to examine the smallest of sub-atomic particles? a) the particle accelerator c) the PET scan b) the electron microscope d) The x-ray

2) The electron and the neutrino are examples of what group of 6 particles that NEVER reside in the nucleus of an atom: a) peptides b) morons c) neutrons d) leptons

3) The proton and the neutron are examples of what group of sub-atomic particles that ALWAYS resides in the nucleus of an atom? a) quanta b) Bohr atomites c) hadrons d) nucleotides

4) Further study of the atom has found an even smaller group of particles that combines in twos and threes to form all the hadrons. What are they? a) quarks c) rhizomes b) golgi bodies d) the itty-bitties

5) There are four fundamental forces. These are gravity, the electromagnetic force and what two other forces? a) the open and closed force b) the visible and invisible spectrum c) lightning and thunder d) the strong and the weak force

6) Grouped together, the 24 fundamental particles and the four forces combine together to form what model of the universe? a) The Standard Model c) The Bohr Model b) The Scintillation Model d) The Newtonian Model

7) Scientist's quest to have a unified theory of the universe or "the theory of everything" in which a few elegant equations explain all of the complexity of the universe is an example of what movement in science? a) equationism c) simplism b) reductionism d) universalism

8) Stars and planets form from the gravitational attraction of what two things in space? a) heat and light b) liquids and solids c) dust and gas 9) The universe is about 14 billion years old. a) True b) False 10) The nubular hypothesis by which stars are formed was first formulated by what scientist? a) Galileo Galliei b) Sir Isaac Newton c) Stephen Hawking d) Pierre Simon Laplace d) protons and neutrons

11) What planet in our solar system spins in an opposite direction (retrograde) from all the others? a) Venus c) Pluto 12) What planet has four moons that were first discovered by Galileo? a) Mars c) Neptune b) Jupiter d) Uranus b) Earth d) Mars