A meson is
A. a bound triplet of quarks.
B. a bound triplet of antiquarks.
C. a bound quark-antiquark pair.
D. a bound system of four quarks and one antiquark.
C. a bound quark-antiquark pair.
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a. asteroid b. meteor c. comet d. meteoroid e. planetesimal
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What will be an ideal response?
The symbol indicating the number of neutrons in a nucleus is __________
Fill in the blank(s) with correct word
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