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What distinguishes baryons from mesons?.
- A.Baryons are made of two quarks, mesons are made of three.
- B.Baryons are made of three quarks, mesons are made of one quark and one antiquark.
- C.Baryons have a shorter lifetime than mesons.
- D.Baryons are always charged, mesons are neutral.
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- Baryons are made of three quarks, mesons are made of one quark and one antiquark.
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Baryons consist of three quarks, while mesons are formed from a quark-antiquark pair, which is the key distinction between these two classifications of particles.
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