Experiments show that protons and neutrons consist of smaller parts 
 which called quarks. 
                        
 A proton consist of 1 down quark and 2 up quarks. 
  A neutron consists of 2 down quarks and 1 up quark. 
  There are 6 types of quarks  
Up                Charm              Top
Down        Strange            Bottom
Quarks can only be "seen" during nuclear reactions.