quantum chromodynamics
Classical Mechanics
Level
2
what characteristics are used to classify quarks?
its color and flavor
we never classify quarks
its spiciness and its sourness
quarks don`t exist
its kinetic energy and its potential energy
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Well...Quarks are classified using their "color" and "flavour" not because they have them, but because it is the way scientists classify them. A quark can have six different flavors: up , down , strange , charm , bottom and top . The only purpose of this names is to distinguish them.