a) What is an atom? What are atoms made of?
You can use diagrams to illustrate your answer.
b) Protons and neutrons are both composed of other particles called quarks and gluons. Give details of the three families of quarks and explain where they are found.
c) Use the information in the table below to determine the quark composition of a neutron. Show how you arrived at your answer.
neutron
Q (relative charge) 0
B ( Baryon Number) 1
S (Strangeness) 0
Protons and neutrons are both composed of other particles called quarks and gluons. Give details of the three families of quarks and explain where they are found.
