Exploring the Universe with CERN

What is CERN known for in recent years?

• The first manned mission to Mars

• The discovery of the Higgs boson

• The discovery of Pluto

• The invention of the internet

What did the Big Bang create?

• The first computer

• The universe, including time and solar systems like Earth

• The first dinosaur

• The Milky Way galaxy

What does the Large Hadron Collider do?

• It cooks particles at high temperatures

• It accelerates cars to high speeds

• It collides particles at near the speed of light

• It observes stars in distant galaxies

What are physicists at CERN hoping to find with their experiments?

• Extra dimensions, dark matter, and new particles

• A new flavor of ice cream

• The lost city of Atlantis

• A way to time travel

Why is a huge amount of data generated at CERN?

• Due to the storage of all the world's internet data

• Due to the large number of emails sent by scientists

• Because of the billions of collisions happening each second

• Because of the high number of visitors to the website

What was an accidental invention mentioned in the text?

• The telephone

• The light bulb

• Chocolate chip cookies

• The airplane

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How do scientists at CERN observe particles after collisions?

• Using powerful microscopes

• Through mathematical calculations only

• With large detectors surrounding the collision points

• By listening to the sounds they make

What role does superconductivity play in the Large Hadron Collider's operation?

• It helps in cooling the office spaces

• It is used to accelerate the particles to high speeds

• It allows for the magnets to operate efficiently at low temperatures

• It is used for data storage

Why is the Higgs boson often referred to as the 'God particle'?

• Because it is responsible for creating gravity

• Because it is believed to give mass to other particles

• Because it can only be observed on Sundays

• Because it was discovered by a physicist named Goddard

I think CERN will change the universe.

• yes

• no

• maybe

• sometimes