Classifying particles

Question	Answer
Name three quarks	There are six quarks: 1st generation: up, down 2nd generation: charm, strange 3rd generation: top and bottom
What is the baryon number of a quark?	+1/3 (antiquarks have a baryon number of -1/3)
What is the quark composition of a proton?	uud
Name the two types of fundamental particle that make up matter.	Quarks and leptons (collectively known as fermions).
What is the quark composition of a neutron?	udd
Name the two types of hadron.	Baryon and meson
What are the quark compositions of hadrons and antihadrons?	hadron: 3 quarks antihadron: 3 antiquarks
What is the quark composition of a meson?	One quark and one antiquark.
Name the antiparticle of an electron.	Positron
What is the quark composition of an antineutron?	1 antiup quark and 2 antidown quarks
'Force carrying' particles are collectively known as what?	Bosons
What is the charge of i) a muon, ii) an antitau particle?	i) muon: -1 ii) antitau: +1
To what class of particle do electrons and neutrinos belong?	Leptons
What is a particle composed of quarks called?	A hadron

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