CERN

High school (ages 12+)
Science & Technology

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Date:

Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/cern

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

Intergovernmental Organization: An entity established by treaty or agreement between sovereign states, operating under international law.
Particle Accelerator: A device that uses electromagnetic fields to propel charged particles to very high speeds and energies.
Fundamental Research: Scientific inquiry aimed at expanding the boundaries of knowledge, often without immediate practical applications.
World Wide Web: An information system where documents and other web resources are identified by Uniform Resource Locators (URLs), interlinked by hypertext links, and can be accessed via the Internet.