Particles: Hadrons are divided into two subgroups called
A) baryons and leptons.
B) leptons and mesons.
C) mesons and baryons.
D) nucleons and leptons.
E) mesons and leptons.

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Hadrons are divided into two subgroups called baryons and mesons. Baryons are made up of three quarks (e.g. protons and neutrons), while mesons are made up of a quark-antiquark pair. None of the other answer choices accurately describe the two subgroups of hadrons.

Particles: Hadrons Are Divided into Two Subgroups Called