AS Level Physics - 11.2 Fundamental Particles

This Powerpoint specifically uses the Cambridge AS Level international Syllabus (9702) and covers all criteria for – Unit 11.2 Fundamental Particles

Students will be able to -

1 understand that a quark is a fundamental particle and that there are six flavours (types) of quark: up, down, strange, charm, top and bottom

2 recall and use the charge of each flavour of quark and understand that its respective antiquark has the opposite charge (no knowledge of any other properties of quarks is required)

3 recall that protons and neutrons are not fundamental particles and describe protons and neutrons in terms of their quark composition

4 understand that a hadron may be either a baryon (consisting of three quarks) or a meson (consisting of one quark and one antiquark)

5 describe the changes to quark composition that take place during β– and β+ decay

6 recall that electrons and neutrinos are fundamental particles called leptons

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