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Science Fiction Voca
field 8th Mrs.hulting science fiction vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Alien | A non-human being from somewhere other than earth |
| Android | a human-like robot |
| Close Encounter | Contact between a human and a UFO or occupant of a UFO |
| Cosmos | The universe |
| Cyber | Relating to computers, information, technology, and virtual reality |
| Dystopia | A utopia (perfect society) where conditions become intolerable and chaotic |
| Extrapolation | Taking a modern day concept and giving it futuristic attributes, qualities. |
| Extraterrestrial | that is Anything that is not on or from earth |
| Galaxy | A very large cluster of stars and other matter such as the Milky Way |
| Genetic | relating to dna or heredity |
| Hyperspace | A fictional kind of space in which extraordinary events such as traveling faster than the speed of light can occur |
| Interstellar | Among the stars |
| Robot | A machine that is capable of performing human like tasks |
| Scientific Method | A systematic procedure used in science to test ideas and theories |
| Sentient | One or something with the ability to feel sensation and possesses the power to perceive, reason, and think. |
| Speed of light | 186,000 miles per second - a speed of impossible to exceed |
| Terraforming | making another planet habitable for human life. |
| Time Paradox | An impossible situation created by traveling back through time (Going back in time to kill your enemy so they can’t harm your brother) |
| Time Travel | Moving backwards or forwards through time |
| Utopia | A fictional “perfect/ideal society” |