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| The basic unit of a chemical element | Atom |
| Matter that consists of antiparticles, such as antiprotons, that have an opposite charge from normal particles | Antimatter |
| A super atom comprising thousands of super cooled atoms | Bose-Einstein Condensate |
| The two primary categories of particiles in the Standard Model can include photons and gluons | Bosons and Fermions |
| A mysterious undefined energy leading to a repulsive force pervading all of space time | Dark Energy |
| Hypothetical invisible matter that some scientists believe makes up 83% of the matter in the universe | Dark Matter |
| Change in the frequency of sound, radio waves, or light caused by the source | Doppler Effect |
| Negatively charged particle that is the least massive electrically charged | Electron |
| A measure of disorder in a system | Entropy |
| Nuclear reaction when the nuclei of large unstable atoms break apart | Fission |
| Nuclear reaction when atomic nuclei collide at high temperatures and combine | Fusion |
| Measure of frequency | Hertz |
| Light Consisting of a cascade of photons all having the same wavelength. | Laser (Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation) |
| A semiconductor that emits light when an electrical current is passed through it | Light Emitting Diode (LED) |
| Tiny fundamental particle with no electrical charge | Neutrino (Three types: ELECTRON, MUON, AND TAU) |
| A neutral particle found in the nuclei of atoms | Neutron |
| A large machine with a circular or long straight tunnel in which atoms smash into each other at high speeds | Particle Accelerator |
| The elementary unit of light or electromagnetic radiation having no mass or electrical charge | Photon |
| Positively charged subatomic particle found in the nuclei of atoms | Proton |
| A natural unit of some physically measurable property | Quantum |
| A fermion and a fundamental matter particle that makes up neutrons and protons, forming atomic nuclei | Quark |
| Energy emitted as rays or particles | Radiation |
| Theory of space time gravitational and other forces are transmitted through the ffects of the curvature of space-time | General Theory of Relativity (Einstein 1915) |
| Theory that seeks to unify quantum mechanics and gerneral relativity positing that objects can best be thought of as oscillating strings | String Theory |
| One of the small particles such as electrons that make up an atom | Subatomic Particles |
| Description of how energy heat and temperature flow in an physical system | Thermodynamics |
| The scale the measures the hardness of a substance | Mohs Scale (Frederich Mohs) |
| Softest surface | Talc |
| Hardest Surface | Diamond |
| Description of supersonic speed | Mach |
| When a chunk of metal or rock plunges into the Earth's atmosphere | Meteor (the remnants of it on the ground are called a meteorite) |
| Explosion that gave birth to the universe | Big Bang |
| Largest planet in the solar system | Jupiter |
| Fastest orbiting planet | Mercury (also the longest day) |
| Planet with the most moons | Jupiter (also has the largest moon) |
| Planet with the tallest mountain | Mars |
| Planet named for the Messenger of the Roman gods | Mercury |
| Planet whose atmosphere is mostly carbon dioxide | Venus (Roman goddess of love) |
| The Curiosity robot landed on this planet in August 2012 | Mars |
| What are Mars' moons | Phobos and Deimos |
| The asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter | Kuiper Belt |
| Belt of radiation surrounding the Earth | Van Allen Belt |
| This planet has 66 moons | Jupiter (The principal ones are Io, Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto. They were all discovered by Galileo in 1610. |
| This planet has 27 moons | Uranus (the principal ones are Miranda, Umbriel, Titania, Ariel, and Oberon) |
| This planet has 13 moons | Neptune, largest is Triton |
| These planets are the gas giants of our solar system | Jupiter, Saturn, and Neptune |
| This planet is known for its large red spot | Jupiter |
| These planets have rings around them | Saturn and Uranus |
| This planet was named for the father of the Titans in Roman mythology | Uranus |
| This planet was named for the Roman god of the sea | Neptune |
| This planet was named for the Roman ruler of the Titans | Saturn |
| These planets atmospheres are composed primarily of Hydrogen and Helium | Jupiter and Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune |
| Small icy bodies that orbit the sun | Comets |
| Small solar system bodies are also called what? | Asteroids (Most are within the Kuiper Belt) |
| Pluto is now considered what? | Dwarf Planet |
| Dark irregular shaped regions on the Sun | Sunspots |
| The outermost region of the sun | Corona |
| This prevents ultraviolet rays from reaching the Earth's surface | Ozone (Located in the Stratosphere) |
| Lowest layer of the Earth's atmosphere | Troposphere |
| IN 2009 NASA launched this telescope to find Earth sized planets around other stars | Kepler |
| The full moon nearest the autumn equinox | Harvest Moon |
| The next full moon after the harvest moon is known as | Hunters Moon |
