Solar
Because it comes from the Sun, solar energy is considered this type of resource that won't run out.
What is Renewable Energy?
This is the center of an atom.
What is the nucleus?
This device is commonly used to open or close a circuit, controlling whether current can flow.
What is a switch?
She showed that the glowing “rays” emitted by uranium were coming from changes inside the atom itself, not from chemical reactions.
Who is Marie Curie?
This table organizes all known elements by their properties and atomic number.
What is the periodic table?
The name of the individual components that make up a solar panel. They are often combined to increase voltage.
What is a solar cell?
This tool measures radioactivity.
What is the Geiger counter?
This common type of light gets its name from the fact that it emits light when electric current passes through a semiconductor.
What is an LED (Light Emitting Diode)?
Lise Meitner helped explain this process where an atomic nucleus splits into smaller parts, releasing energy.
What is nuclear fission?
Plants use this process to turn sunlight, water, and carbon dioxide into food.
What is photosynthesis?
The average efficiency of a commercial solar panel.
What is 15-20%?
These are the three types of radioactive emission (also nuclear decay.
What are alpha, beta, and gamma?
In a simple motor, a coil of wire rotates because it is placed within this type of field.
What is a magnetic field?
Maria Goeppert Mayer is one of only a few physicists to receive this prestigious award for work in theoretical nuclear physics.
What is the Nobel Prize?
This number tells you how many protons are in an atom.
What is the atomic number?
The sun emits this type of particle which solar cells convert into energy.
What is a photon?
This type of radiation consists of helium nuclei and can be stopped by a sheet of paper.
What is alpha radiation?
This unit is used to measure electrical resistance.
What is an ohm?
Katherine Johnson calculated that spacecraft must follow these curved paths controlled by gravity in order to successfully orbit Earth or travel to the Moon.
What are orbital trajectories?
This theory explains how Earth’s continents slowly move over time.
What are plate tectonics?
The name of the boundary where two different types of semiconductor material meet, creating an electric field that helps generate electricity from sunlight.
What is the p-n junction?
A radioactive source continues to be detected even after paper and aluminum shielding are added, indicating it is likely this type of radiation.
What is gamma radiation?
When a circuit is incomplete and current cannot flow, it is called this.
What is an open circuit?
Jocelyn Bell Burnell discovered these highly regular signals from space caused by rapidly rotating neutron stars.
What are pulsars?
This system helps your body fight infections and diseases.
What is the immune system?