What you’ll learn6 learning objectivesChoose one objective for a focused lesson, or study the complete topic.11.2.1A quark is a fundamental particle and that there are six flavours (types) of• understand that a quark is a fundamental particle and that there are six flavours (types) of quark: up, down, strange, charm, top and bottomSyllabus objective11.2.2The charge of each flavour of quark and understand that its respective• recall and use the charge of each flavour of quark and understand that its respective antiquark has the opposite charge (no knowledge of any other properties of quarks is required)Syllabus objective11.2.3That protons and neutrons are not fundamental particles and describe protons• recall that protons and neutrons are not fundamental particles and describe protons and neutrons in terms of their quark compositionSyllabus objective11.2.4A hadron may be either a baryon (consisting of three quarks) or a meson• understand that a hadron may be either a baryon (consisting of three quarks) or a meson (consisting of one quark and one antiquark)Syllabus objective11.2.5The changes to quark composition that take place during β– and β+ decay• describe the changes to quark composition that take place during β– and β+ decaySyllabus objective11.2.6That electrons and neutrinos are fundamental particles called leptons• recall that electrons and neutrinos are fundamental particles called leptonsSyllabus objective