Vocabulary
Graphene is made of ______.
carbon
Andre Geim and Konstantin Novoselov won the Nobel Prize in ____ (year).
2010
Andre Geim and Konstantin Novoselov studied together in _____ (country).
Russia
"Graphene comes from graphite, which is the _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ inside a pencil."
material
Andre Geim and Konstantin Novoselov are _______ (job).
physicists
Have Andre Geim and Konstantin Novoselov worked together for a long time?
Yes, they have. They've worked together for a very long time.
Andre Geim and Konstantin Novoselov worked together in __ _____ (country).
The Netherlands
"Both scientists believe that science experiments should be _ _ _."
Andre Geim and Konstantin Novoselov discovered _______ (a material).
graphene
Is graphene thick or thin?
It's thin.
All life is made from ______.
carbon
plastics
Andre Geim and Konstantin Novoselov took a small _____ from a piece of graphite and then they discovered graphene.
flake
Graphene is __._% transparent.
97.3%
What does graphene do?
It can make plastics stronger.
Geim and Novoselov took a piece of graphite, put tape on it, and took a very thin ____ from it.
flake
Graphene is 97.3% _____, which means you can see through it.
transparent
Is graphene the strongest material in the world?
Yes, it is.
Now, Andre Geim and Konstantin Novoselov work in ___ ____ ____ (country).
The United Kingdom
"After two physicists, Andre Geim and Konstantin Novoselov, did many _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ together, they discovered a new material called graphene."
experiments