EU6 U8 L4: Discovery

Vocabulary

100

Graphene is made of ______. 

carbon

200

Andre Geim and Konstantin Novoselov are _______ (job).

physicists

300

Andre Geim and Konstantin Novoselov discovered _______ (a material).

graphene

400

Andre Geim and Konstantin Novoselov took a small _____ from a piece of graphite and then they discovered graphene.

flake

500

Graphene is 97.3% _____, which means you can see through it. 

transparent

Numbers/math

100

Andre Geim and Konstantin Novoselov won the Nobel Prize in ____ (year). 

2010

200

Have Andre Geim and Konstantin Novoselov worked together for a long time?

Yes, they have. They've worked together for a very long time. 

300

Is graphene thick or thin?

It's thin.

400

Graphene is __._% transparent.

97.3%

500

Is graphene the strongest material in the world?

Yes, it is. 

Quiz

100

Andre Geim and Konstantin Novoselov studied together in _____ (country).

Russia

200

Andre Geim and Konstantin Novoselov worked together in __ _____ (country). 

The Netherlands

300

All life is made from ______. 

carbon

400

What does graphene do?

It can make plastics stronger. 

500

Now, Andre Geim and Konstantin Novoselov work in ___ ____ ____ (country). 

The United Kingdom

Fill in the blank

100

"Graphene comes from graphite, which is the _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ inside a pencil."

material

200

"Both scientists believe that science experiments should be _ _ _."

fun

300

"One idea is to use it to make _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ stronger."

plastics

400

Geim and Novoselov took a piece of graphite, put tape on it, and took a very thin ____ from it.

flake

500

"After two physicists, Andre Geim and Konstantin Novoselov, did many _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ together, they discovered a new material called graphene."

experiments