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Lesson 2: Creation of Complex Elements | 3.1- ACTIVITY: Is It In There?
- ACTIVITY: Threshold Card — Threshold 3 New Chemical Elements
- WATCH: Threshold 3 — New Chemical Elements
- WATCH: What Did Stars Give Us?
- WATCH: Why Star Stuff Matters
- READ: The Evolving Star - Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar: Graphic Biography
- READ: A Little Big History of Silver
- Quiz: Creation of Complex Elements
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ACTIVITY: Threshold Card — Threshold 3 New Chemical Elements
Each threshold follows a consistent pattern of creating greater complexity in the Universe. Download a PDF of Threshold 3: New Chemical Elements.
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- A element. Like hydrogen, but heavier with more protons, neutrons and electrons.
Elements can be fatter (like Nitrogen) or thinner (like Helium) due to how much stuff they have.(5 votes)
- What elements are in a black hole?(2 votes)
- Matter in a black hole cannot form into atomic matter.(3 votes)