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Teaching Modern Physics - QuarkNet - Fermilab

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16. What are the three particles that make up an atom? (3pts.)<br />

Proton Neutron Electron<br />

17. Who discovered the electron? (1 pt.) J. J. Thompson<br />

18. What did Rutherford discover? Explain how he made this discovery. (Explain his lab.)<br />

(4pts)<br />

He discovered the positive nucleus. He shot alpha particles at the gold nucleus and<br />

they came back!<br />

19. What element is produced when a gold nucleus gains a proton? (1 pt.) Hg - Mercury<br />

20. How many protons are there in the nucleus of 82 Sr? How many neutrons? How many<br />

electrons are there in the neutral atom? (3 pt.) 38<br />

Protons: 38 Neutrons: 44 Electrons: 38<br />

21. What holds the nucleons in a nucleus together? (1 pt.) Strong force (or gluons)<br />

22. Name the six leptons (not the antileptons). (6 pts.)<br />

Electron Muon Tau<br />

Electron Neutrino Muon Neutrino Tau Neutrino<br />

23. Name the six quarks (not the antiquarks). (6 pts.)<br />

BONUS<br />

Top Up Charm<br />

Bottom Down Strange<br />

Name the two main detectors at <strong>Fermilab</strong>. DØ CDF<br />

Which quark did they discover at <strong>Fermilab</strong>? Top<br />

Who named the quark? Murray Gell-Mann<br />

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