What is a Quark?
Quarks are fundamental particles that are the building blocks of protons and neutrons. They are considered point-like or zero-dimensional entities, meaning they have no size or structure that we can (currently) measure.
What are gluons? Gluons are the “glue” that “stick” quarks together to form hadrons, such as baryons.
What are baryons? Baryons, such as protons and neutrons, are heavy subatomic particles that are made up of three quarks.
What are quarks made of? Quarks are considered elementary particles.
However, there are 6 types — or flavours — of quarks that differ from one another.
What are the 6 flavours of quarks? Interesting — the six quark flavours can be grouped in three pairs: up and down, charm and strange, top and bottom.
“Charm” and “strange”? So strange!
For now, I’ll try resisting my (strong) desire to research further about the charm and strange quarks.
Which flavours of quarks are found in protons and neutrons? Only two types of quarks are necessary to build protons and neutrons, the up quarks and down quarks (called “valence” quarks).
