Research Questions for Basic Science

What is ballistics?

What is absolute zero?

What are crystals made of?

What is a barometer?

What is a vacuum?

What is everything made of?

What is an atom?

What is radioactivity and why is it dangerous?

How does a nuclear reactor work?

What is the speed of light?

What are x-rays and how do they pass through things?

What are infrared rays?

What are ultraviolet rays?

What is a laser?

What is electricity?

What is the difference between static electricity and current electricity?

What makes electricity?

What are volts?

What are amps?

What are ohms?

What are watts?

What is water made of?

Why does water freeze?

Why does water boil?

Why does ice float?

What is an element?

What is paper made of?

What is a hydrofoil?

What is glass made of?

How does a jet engine work?

What is radar and how does it work?

What is plastic made of?

How does an aircraft stay up in the air?

What are airships?

What is a pneumatic tire?

What is a monorail?

How does sound travel?

What is ultrasonic sound?

Why can you see yourself in a mirror?

What is gravity and how was it discovered?