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science fic vocab
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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| alien | a non human being from somewhere else 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 where conditions become intolerable |
| extrapolation | a method for determining how a generalized pattern from one piece of information can fir information from a different context |
| extraterrestrial | anything not 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 event such as traveling faster than the speed of light can occur |
| interstellar | among the stars |
| robot | a machine capable of performing human task |
| scientific method | a systematic procedure used in science to test ideas and theories |
| sentient | a sentient is one/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 impossible to exceed |
| terraforming | making another planet habitable for human life |
| time paradox | an impossible situation created by traveling back through time |
| time travel | moving back or foward in time |
| utopia | a fictional ideal society |