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SCIENCE FICTION VOCA

QuestionAnswer
Alien non-human being from somewhere other than earth
android human-like robot
close encounter contact between a human and a UFO or an alien
cosmos the universe
cyber relating to computers, information, and VR
dystopia utopia where conditions become intolerable
extrapolation generalized pattern from one piece of info can fit info from a different context
extraterrestrial anything not on or from Earth
galaxy very large cluster of stars and other matter such as the Milky Way
genetic DNA or heredity
hyperspace fictional kind of space in extraordinary events such a traveling faster than the speed of light can occur.
interstellar among the stars
robot a machine capable of performing human tasks
scientific method systematic procedure used in science to test ideas and theories
sentient something w/the ability sensation and posesesses the power to perceive, reason, and think
speed of light 186,000 miles per second, speed impossible to exceed
terraforming making another planet habitable for human life
time paradox impossible situation created by traveling back in time
time travel moving backward/forward in time
utopia a fictional ideal society.
 



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