He ono ngā momo, e mōhiotia ana ko ngā kakano, o ngā quark: ki runga, ki raro, rerekē, ātaahua, raro, me te runga. Ko ngā quark ki runga, me te raro, he iti rawa ngā taumaha o ngā quark katoa. Ko ngā quark taumaha ake ka huri tere ki ngā quark ki runga, ki raro hoki mā te tukanga o te ngoikore o te ngoikore: te hurihanga mai i tētahi āhua taumaha ake ki tētahi āhua taumaha iti ake. Nā tēnei, he pūmautanga ngā quark ki runga, ki raro hoki, ko te nuinga o te ao whānui, i te mea ko ngā quark rerekē, ātaahua, raro, me te runga anake e taea te whakaputa i roto i ngā tūtukinga pūngao tiketike (pēnei i ngā tūtukinga e pā ana ki ngā hihi ā-ao, me ngā pūkaha ngoikore). Mō ia kakano ātaahua, he momo anti-wāhanga ōrite, e mōhiotia ana ko te anti-quark, e rerekē ana i te quark i te mea anake kei ētahi o ōna āhuatanga (pēnei i te utu hiko) he ōrite te
te taumaha iti rawa o ngā quark katoa