school quiz

[ytrewq]

Could you please tell me if all materials are made of particles, thanks in advance

[Loosehead]

All materials are made of elements. The elements each have there own atoms. Atoms combine to form molecules and they are know as compounds. For example a molecule of water is built from 2 hydrogen atoms and 1 oxygen atom. The Atoms are composed of sub-atomic particles, ie electons, protons Neutrons etc perhaps that's what you mean by particles.

[lugus]

Yes.

[jake-the-peg]

That's a hell of a question for a school quiz!

Louis DeBroglie showed that at the lowest level matter can be considered as waves or particles.

It rather depends at what level your school quiz is at - If you're doing GCSE level then the answer is yes.

If you're doing A level then cry foul because it's a trick question

[ytrewq]

thanks for the replies, it's science week at my sons school, he's year 6 so 12 years old

[Matheous]

Not being that well informed - but is there not some current controversy about 'dark matter' which questions the laws of physics and is not even made up of atoms?