Neutrino

High school (ages 12+)
Science & Technology

Name:

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/neutrino

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.

1. What is the scientific name?Neutrino
2. What is the fundamental particle classification?Lepton
3. Why are neutrinos called ghostly particles?Neutrinos are called ghostly because they rarely bump into other matter, so they can pass right through the Earth and even the Sun without being noticed.
4. How do neutrinos travel through the Earth without being stopped?Because they only interact through the weak nuclear force and gravity, neutrinos can go through dense materials like the Earth's core with almost no chance of being absorbed.

Lepton: A class of elementary particles, including electrons and neutrinos, that do not experience the strong nuclear force.
Neutrino Oscillation: The process by which a neutrino of one flavor can change into a neutrino of another flavor over time.
Standard Model: The theory in particle physics that describes the known fundamental forces and elementary particles.