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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Nine: The Smoking Gun, Experimental Signatures.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The smallest possible unit of energy is referred to as _____.
(a) A muon.
(b) A photon.
(c) A quark.
(d) A quantum.

2. What is the photoelectric effect?
(a) Electrons and photons only interact if they have the same frequency.
(b) Electrons follow quantum paths made by photons.
(c) When light shines on metals, the metals emit electrons.
(d) Photons can spontaneously decay into electrons in powerful magnetic fields.

3. What is the quantum, or messenger particle, of the weak force?
(a) The weak gauge boson.
(b) The Higgs boson.
(c) The neutrino.
(d) The up quark.

4. Einstein's equation, E=mc^2, states that which of the following are equivalent?
(a) Energy and light.
(b) Light and magnetism.
(c) Electricity and magnetism.
(d) Energy and mass.

5. In which particle was spin first discovered?
(a) The neutron.
(b) The electron.
(c) The proton.
(d) The photon.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the 1800s, James Clerk Maxwell used a new mathematical framework to unite _____.

2. Which of the following is true regarding the mass and spin of a pair of superpartners?

3. How many family groups are the elementary particles divided into?

4. Which of the following is true regarding experimental evidence for super particles?

5. Which of the following is correct about the speed at which light moves?

(see the answer key)

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