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to confirm |
Corroborate |
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lasting a short time |
Ephemeral |
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using a few words |
Laconic |
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to make less severe |
Mitigate |
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a body of techniques for investigating phenomena and acquiring new knowledge |
Scientific Method |
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Steps in the Scientific Method |
1. Define the question 2. Gather information and resources 3. Form hypothesis 4. Perform experiment and collect data 5. Analyze data 6. Interpret data and draw conclusions 7. Publish results |
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What are we hoping to get from using the Scientific Method? |
INFORMATION! |
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BIT = |
Information |
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What is "any choice from two equally likely possibilities" called? |
A BIT |
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What is the substance from which all things are made? |
INFORMATION |
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Which do not obey Newton's Laws? - atoms? - electrons? - electrons in a subatomic world?
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Atoms |
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Which of these have a defined location in a large scheme? - atoms? - electrons? - electrons in a subatomic world? |
electrons |
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Which of these are not in any place at once but smeared? - atoms? - electrons? - electrons in a subatomic world? |
electrons in a subatomic world |
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Electrons can behave sometimes like particles, sometimes like waves. True of False? |
True |
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Light thought to travel in waves, sometimes seems to be a stream of particles. True or False? |
True |
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Marbles through a SINGLE SLIT = Double Line True or False? |
False, single line |
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Marbles through a DOUBLE SLIT = Double Line True or False? |
True |
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Wave through SINGLE SLIT = Less intensity in a SINGLE LINE. True or False? |
False, MORE INTENSITY |
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Wave through DOUBLE SLIT = Interference pattern of many bands. True or False? |
True |
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Electrons through a SINGLE SLIT = - double line? - single line? |
Single line |
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Electrons through a DOUBLE SLIT with no observer = - single line? - interference pattern? - double line? |
interference pattern |
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Electrons through a DOUBLE SLIT with an observer = - single line? - double line? - interference pattern? |
double lines |
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existing or being everywhere, especially at the same time |
Ubiquitous |
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to refrain |
abstain |
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bold or daring |
audacious |
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to dry up |
desiccated |
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derving praise, praiseworthy, commendable |
laudable |
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the movement of objects or elementary particles from one place to another WITHOUT traveling through space |
teleportation |
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True or False? Einstein's laws prohibit "INSTANTANEOUS" sending of information or anything else - time passes, even if it is only an infintesimal amount of time passes |
TRUE |
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The WORLD is made up of . . . |
MATTER |
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MATTER is made up of . . . |
PARTICLES |
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PARTICLES are made up of . . . |
MOLECULES |
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MOLECULES are made up of . . . |
ATOMS |
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ATOMS are made up of . . . |
SUB ATOMIC PARTICLES |
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SUB ATOMIC PARTICLES are made up of . . . |
QUANTUM PARTICLES |
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- copying original and storing its information
- destroys original - information is sent to another location and put together |
Quantum Teleportation
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What is the secret to teleportation? |
information about the structure to be teleported |
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Prohibits precise measurement of a particle's motion and location at the same time |
Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle |
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which quantum objects are in the nucleus? - protons? - electrons? - neutrons? - protons and neutrons? |
protons and neutrons |
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which quantum objects are AROUND the nucleus? - protons? - electrons? - neutrons? - protons and neutrons?
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electrons |
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Particles of light are called |
PHOTONS |
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the way these quantum object work is studied by a branch of science called . . . |
quantum mechanics |
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What refers to the laws governing the motion of matter? |
MECHANICS |
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How is quantum mechanics like money? - quantum objects flutter around until you observe them then they assume a location - photons act like both particles and waves - bundles of quanta |
bundles of quanta money is measured in the amount of pennies |
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How is quantum mechanics like water? - bundles of quanta - quantum objects flutter around until you observe them then they assume a location - photons act like both particles and waves |
photons act like both particles and waves |
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How is quantum mechanics like television? - bundles of quanta - quantum objects flutter around until you observe them then they assume a location - photons act like both particles and waves |
quantum objects flutter around until you observe them then they assume a location |
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- original is destroyed - copy of information is made - not instantaneous |
Quantum Teleportation |
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- original is not left behind, it moves from one location to another - there is no copy, just disintegration and reconstruction of the original - appears to be instantaneous |
TV Teleportation |
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sending secret codes |
cryptography |
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What was Julius Caesar's method of cryptography? |
He shifted letters 3 places in the alphabet |
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What do you need for modern cryptography? |
- you must have a key - a code rule |
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SAME = |
1 |
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DIFFERENT = |
0 |
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ALICE SAYS: 01001001 KEY SAYS: 01100111 BOB SAYS WHAT? |
11010001 |
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person who overemphasizes rules and details, makes excessive display of learning |
pedant |
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to waver or to be indecisive |
vacillate |
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subject to a whim, erratic |
capricious |
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to cause |
engender |
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having or showing no regard; heedless; unmindful |
regardless |
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a figure of speech in which a word or phrase that ordinarily designates one thing is used to designate another, thus making an implicit comparison |
metaphor |
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point of view about what is fundamental in determining what happens in the world |
superparadigms |
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CLOCKS |
FORCE |
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STEAM ENGINE |
ENERGY |
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COMPUTER |
INFORMATION |
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used to test a machine to determine if the machine is "intelligent"
measures the performance of a machine against that of a human being |
The Turing Test |
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In a Turing Test, the interrogator must distinguish what? |
person and machine |
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The turing machine is assumed to be intelligent when . . . |
the interrogator cannot distinguish the person and the machine |
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The Turing Test is the beginning of |
Artificial Intelligence (AI) |
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What has a nucleus made up of protons and neutrons and an electron cloud with electrons? |
ATOMS |
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The level of an atom's excitation depends on the amount of _____________ that is applied to the atom via heat, light or electricity
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ENERGY
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When energy is applied, the ________ move away from the nucleus from lower energy orbitals to higher energy orbitals |
ELECTRONS |
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When the electron returns to the lower energy orbital, it releases it's energy as a __________ |
photon |
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all light is due to _________ changing orbits and releasing _________ |
electrons ; photons |
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A device that controls the way that energized atoms release photons |
LASER |
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L.A.S.E.R stands for? |
Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission at Radiation |
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Properties of a LASER light: |
monochromatic coherent directional |
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Photon emission is organized in a ________ _______ |
stimulated emission |
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The mirror at one end of the laser is "_______- _______" meaning it reflects some light and lets some light through |
"half-silvered" |
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What are the different mediums a laser can be in? (4) |
solid liquid gas semiconductor |
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What are the laser types? (5) |
solid-state lasers gas lasers excimer lasers dye lasers semiconductor lasers |
