Difference between revisions of "Fundamental Interactions"

Revision as of 08:32, 18 July 2019

Key Stage 5

Meaning

The fundamental interactions are the 4 ways in which subatomic particless may affect one another.

About Fundamental Interactions

The fundamental interactions can cause subatomic particless to change direction or change from one subatomic particles into one or more other Subatomic subatomic particles.

During the interactions certain properties of subatomic particless are conserved, including baryon number, lepton number, charge and strangeness (which is conserved in the strong interaction but not conserved in the weak interaction).

The four fundamental interactions are:

Strong Nuclear Interaction - Experienced only by hadrons and responsible for holding quarks together and holding protons and neutrons together in the atomic nucleus.
Weak Nuclear Interaction - Experienced by hadrons and leptons and responsible for decay of subatomic particles.
Electromagnetic Interaction - Experienced by particles with charge
Gravitational Interaction - Experienced by all particles with mass.

@@ Line 1: / Line 1: @@
 ==Key Stage 5==
 ===Meaning===
-The '''fundamental forces''' are the 4 ways in which [[particle]]s may interact with one another.
+The '''fundamental interactions''' are the 4 ways in which [[Subatomic Particle|subatomic particles]]s may affect one another.
-===About Fundamental Forces===
+===About Fundamental Interactions===
-: The '''fundamental forces''' can cause [[particle]]s to change direction or change from one [[particle]] into another.
+: The '''fundamental interactions''' can cause [[Subatomic Particle|subatomic particles]]s to change direction or change from one [[Subatomic Particle|subatomic particles]] into one or more other Subatomic [[Subatomic Particle|subatomic particles]].
-: During the interactions caused by '''fundamental forces''' certain properties of [[particle]]s are conserved, including [[Conservation of Baryon Number|baryon number]], [[Conservation of Lepton Number|lepton number]], [[Electrical Charge|charge]] and [[strangeness]] (which is conserved in the [[Strong Nuclear Interaction|strong interaction]] but not conserved in the [[Weak Nuclear Interaction|weak interaction]]).
+: During the '''interactions''' certain properties of [[Subatomic Particle|subatomic particles]]s are conserved, including [[Conservation of Baryon Number|baryon number]], [[Conservation of Lepton Number|lepton number]], [[Electrical Charge|charge]] and [[strangeness]] (which is conserved in the [[Strong Nuclear Interaction|strong interaction]] but not conserved in the [[Weak Nuclear Interaction|weak interaction]]).
-: The four '''fundamental forces''' are:
+: The four '''fundamental interactions''' are:
-:*[[Strong Nuclear Force]] - Experienced only by [[hadron]]s and responsible for holding [[quark]]s together and holding [[proton]]s and [[neutron]]s together in the [[Atomic Nucleus|atomic nucleus]].
+:*[[Strong Nuclear Interaction]] - Experienced only by [[hadron]]s and responsible for holding [[quark]]s together and holding [[proton]]s and [[neutron]]s together in the [[Atomic Nucleus|atomic nucleus]].
-:*[[Weak Nuclear Force]] - Experienced by [[hadron]]s and [[lepton]]s and responsible for the [[Weak Nuclear Interaction|decay]] of [[particle]]s including [[Radioactive Decay|radioactive decay]].
+:*[[Weak Nuclear Interaction]] - Experienced by [[hadron]]s and [[lepton]]s and responsible for [[Radioactive Decay|decay]] of [[Subatomic Particle|subatomic particles]].
-:*[[Electromagnetic Force]] - Experienced by [[particle]]s with [[Electrical Charge|charge]]
+:*[[Electromagnetic Interaction]] - Experienced by [[particle]]s with [[Electrical Charge|charge]]
-:*[[Gravitational Force]] - Experienced by all [[particle]]s with [[mass]].
+:*[[Gravitational Interaction]] - Experienced by all [[particle]]s with [[mass]].