Baryon

High school (ages 12+)
Science & Technology

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Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What is the classification?Composite subatomic particles, specifically hadrons
2. What is the quark content?Composed of three quarks
3. What are baryons?Baryons are tiny particles made of three quarks. They are part of the group of particles called hadrons and are held together by gluons, which carry the strong force.
4. What makes up a proton?A proton is a stable baryon made of two up quarks and one down quark. It is one of the most common particles in the universe.

Hadron: A composite particle made of quarks, held together by the strong nuclear force.
Quantum Chromodynamics (QCD): The theory describing the strong force that binds quarks and gluons.
Baryogenesis: The hypothetical process in the early universe that produced an excess of baryons over antibaryons.