Topic Two - Corrections

Question 1

what is electron capture?

Answer 1

an atomic electron interacts with a proton in the nucleus via the weak interaction, a neutron is formed

Question 2

what role does an exchange particle play in an interaction?

Answer 2

transfers Energy and force

Question 3

what is one characteristic of a strange particle that makes it different from a particle that is not strange

Answer 3

contains a strange quark

Question 4

what is the charge of a proton?

Answer 4

1.6 x 10^-19

Question 5

what is are 2 properties of a virtual photon?

Answer 5

1, massless 2, doesn’t carry a charge