High School Are Subatomic particles a form of matter?

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As we know that matter is Anything which has mass and occupies space then are the Subatomic particles like electron,proton and neutron a matter.
Is electron a matter ?
Is proton a matter ?
Is neutron a matter ?
As these particles have mass and they occupy space so they are matter,
But the wikipedia says-
"matter is not a fundamental concept because the elementary constituents of atoms are quantum entities which do not have an inherent "size" or "volume" in any everyday sense of the word. Due to the exclusion principle and other fundamental interactions, some "point particles" known as fermions (quarks, leptons), and many composites and atoms, are effectively forced to keep a distance from other particles under everyday conditions; this creates the property of matter which appears to us as matter taking up space."
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[A.T.]

Please Help Me.

What is the problem?

 

[SHASHWAT PRATAP SING]

What is the problem?

My problem is that-
Is electron a matter ?
Is proton a matter ?
Is neutron a matter ?
Since these particles have mass and they occupy space so they are a matter,
But then why wikipedia says-
"matter is not a fundamental concept because the elementary constituents of atoms are quantum entities which do not have an inherent "size" or "volume" in any everyday sense of the word. Due to the exclusion principle and other fundamental interactions, some "point particles" known as fermions (quarks, leptons), and many composites and atoms, are effectively forced to keep a distance from other particles under everyday conditions; this creates the property of matter which appears to us as matter taking up space."

why wikipedia says the subatomic particles are not matter ?
Is electron not a matter ?
Is proton not a matter ?
Is neutron not a matter ?
electron, proton and neutron have mass and occupy space so they are matter but then why wikipedia says the subatomic particles are not matter ?

 

[A.T.]

why wikipedia says the subatomic particles are not matter ?

It says that matter is not a fundamental concept. It doesn't really matter what you call "matter".

 

[lomidrevo]

electron, proton and neutron have mass and occupy space so they are matter but then why wikipedia says the subatomic particles are not matter ?

How about to call them particles of matter, or matter particles. Quarks and leptons, including electron, are being called like that in standard model. I don't see a reason why other subatomic particles, ie. proton and neutron couldn't be called like that.
https://home.cern/science/physics/standard-model

 

[Dale]

But then why wikipedia says-
"matter is not a fundamental concept

Wikipedia says that because the definition of matter is not important. There is nothing in fundamental physics that depends on the distinction between matter and not matter. So who cares where electrons get classified.

Personally, I would classify all fermions as matter, but it is unimportant and it doesn’t make a difference to the physics of someone else disagrees.