In an atom, the neutrons and protons are made up of up quarks and down quarks.
Strange quarks, charms quarks, top quarks, and bottom quarks also exist, but do not play as much of a role in the structure of an atom.
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There are thought to be six distinct types of quarks. If you're asking for the actual number of quarks in the universe, it's probably impossible to say.
The count of quarks in an atom of molybdenum would depend on the nuclide's mass number (A), or in other words, on which isotope. 3 * A = (quark count) since both neutrons and protons have 3 quarks each. The lowest we know about (Mo-83) would have 249 quarks, the highest (Mo-115) would have 345. Molybdenum-98 is the commonest isotope with (3 * 98) quarks.
Actually quarks can exist freely.
Protons and neutrons contain quarks.
Neutrons consist of small particles, called "Quarks". Protons also consist of quarks, but what quarks is made of, is still not discovered.
Its a timeline that shows the History of Quarks?