Nobelium

High school (ages 12+)
Science & Technology

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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/nobelium

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. Who discovered Nobelium?Credited to a Soviet team in 1992
2. What is the element symbol?No
3. What is the atomic number?102
4. Why is Nobelium named after Alfred Nobel?It is named after Alfred Nobel, the inventor of dynamite and the person who started the Nobel Prizes, because he was a famous scientist.
5. How is Nobelium made?Scientists create Nobelium by shooting tiny particles at lighter atoms in a particle accelerator. The collision builds a heavier nucleus that becomes Nobelium.

Transuranium Element: Elements with atomic numbers greater than 92 (Uranium), not found naturally on Earth.
Actinide Series: A set of 15 metallic chemical elements from actinium to lawrencium in the periodic table.
Nuclear Physics: The branch of physics concerned with the nucleus of the atom.
Island of Stability: A predicted region of the periodic table where superheavy isotopes may have longer half-lives.