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What Is A....quark? No seriously, i have no idea

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What is a Quark exactly, from my basic knowledge i know it is some sort of particle that is smaller than an atom? Not exactly sure, can somebody give a more detailed description, i am actually pretty curious about this.

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Moving to General Talk.Please read the pinned Topics. The "What Is" Topic is a spot to give answers to the "what is" question.

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A quark is what scientists believe, along with leptons, makes up all matter in existance. They can only exist inside larger matter, the protons, neutrons etc that constitute an atom. There are currently six known types of quark, known as:

Up

Down

Strange

Charm

Bottom

Top

That's all I know about quarks, but Wikipedia has a good article here if you want to read more.

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