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From the Ted Talk by James Beacham: How we explore unanswered questions in physics

Unscramble the Blue Letters


Particle collisions are not like automobile collisions. They have different rlues. When two pceairlts collide at almost the speed of light, the quantum world takes over. And in the quantum world, these two particles can briefly create a new particle that levis for a tiny fraction of a second before stpitnilg into other particles that hit our detector. Imagine a car collision where the two cars vanish upon impact, a bciclye appears in their pcale —

(Laughter)

And then that bicycle explodes into two skateboards, which hit our detector.

(Laughter)

Hopefully, not literally. They're very expensive.

Open Cloze


Particle collisions are not like automobile collisions. They have different _____. When two _________ collide at almost the speed of light, the quantum world takes over. And in the quantum world, these two particles can briefly create a new particle that _____ for a tiny fraction of a second before _________ into other particles that hit our detector. Imagine a car collision where the two cars vanish upon impact, a _______ appears in their _____ —

(Laughter)

And then that bicycle explodes into two skateboards, which hit our detector.

(Laughter)

Hopefully, not literally. They're very expensive.

Solution


  1. lives
  2. place
  3. splitting
  4. bicycle
  5. rules
  6. particles

Original Text


Particle collisions are not like automobile collisions. They have different rules. When two particles collide at almost the speed of light, the quantum world takes over. And in the quantum world, these two particles can briefly create a new particle that lives for a tiny fraction of a second before splitting into other particles that hit our detector. Imagine a car collision where the two cars vanish upon impact, a bicycle appears in their place —

(Laughter)

And then that bicycle explodes into two skateboards, which hit our detector.

(Laughter)

Hopefully, not literally. They're very expensive.

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