Central Idea and Evidence: Higgs Boson Particle Conquer It Part 2 Fill in the Blank Activity

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How does the author provide evidence that is significant, relevant and verifiable?

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Finding the Higgs boson-like particle is an incredibly important discovery in the field of science. The Higgs boson particle helps explain the existence of mass. In the 1970s, physicists discovered all of the new subatomic particles except the Higgs boson. Scientists still couldn’t define the empty space between subatomic particles. For many years, scientists analyzed the data from particle detectors in an attempt to discover the elusive boson particle. Higgs boson will allow for many discoveries in the areas of particle and theoretical physics.

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Sample Analysis: The author provides significant, reliable and verifiable evidence to his central idea, which is that the Higgs boson particle discovery is incredibly important in the field of science. The author presents significant evidence about the research done to find this particle, referencing the research done in major labs around the world and the machine named the LHC accelerator, which found the particle. The evidence is relevant to the author’s central idea by continuing to reference a timeline and specific examples related to the theory that were directly related to the boson particle. The evidence was verifiable because every scientist, lab, theory, research machine, observatory and organization were specifically named, making it easy for the reader to verify the truth of every reference.