Quarks – inside the atom

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Go to www.teachersdomain.org, click on physical science and then under Matter click on Atoms. Now click on the title of this worksheet.

1. What are some of the smallest particles of an atom called?

2. An accelerator does the opposite of a hydrogen bomb, which is?

3. What releases the protons from the hydrogen?

4. They get these particles moving at close to the speed of what?

5. What do they do with them now?

6. What do they gain by studying the patterns made?

7. What are the names of the 6 quarks?