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#		Thing	Description	Topic	For	Against	Net
1		Aerosol	Suspension of fine solid particles or liquid droplets in a gas	Physical sciences	1	0	+1
2		Amide	Organic compounds of the form RC(=O)NR′R″	Physical sciences	1	0	+1
3		Boson	Class of subatomic particle	Physical sciences	1	0	+1
4		Canis Major	Constellation in the southern celestial hemisphere	Physical sciences	1	0	+1
5		Carbon	Chemical element with atomic number 6 (C)	Physical sciences	1	0	+1
6		Colloid	Mixture of an insoluble substance microscopically dispersed throughout another substance	Physical sciences	1	0	+1
7		Electrical network	Assemblage of connected electrical elements	Physical sciences	1	0	+1
8		Frequency	Number of occurrences or cycles per unit time	Physical sciences	1	0	+1
9		Geyser	Natural explosive eruption of hot water	Physical sciences	1	0	+1
10		Meteorite	Solid debris from outer space that hits a planetary surface	Physical sciences	1	0	+1
11		Minor planet	Astronomical object that is neither a planet nor a comet	Physical sciences	1	0	+1
12		Nature	Material world and its phenomena	Physical sciences	1	0	+1
13		Neptune	Eighth planet from the Sun	Physical sciences	1	0	+1
14		Snow	Precipitation in the form of ice crystal flakes	Physical sciences	1	0	+1
15		Supercluster	Large group of smaller galaxy clusters or galaxy groups	Physical sciences	1	0	+1
16		Wave function	Mathematical description of quantum state	Physical sciences	1	0	+1
17		3C 273	Brightest quasar from Earth located in the constellation Virgo	Physical sciences	0	0	0
18		Absolute zero	Lowest theoretical temperature	Physical sciences	0	0	0
19		Absorption spectroscopy	Spectroscopic techniques that measure the absorption of radiation	Physical sciences	0	0	0
20		Abyssal plain	Flat area on the deep ocean floor	Physical sciences	0	0	0
21		Acceleration	Rate of change of velocity	Physical sciences	0	0	0
22		Accuracy and precision	Measures of observational error	Physical sciences	0	0	0
23		Acetic acid	Chemical acid found in vinegar	Physical sciences	0	0	0
24		Acetone	Organic compound ((CH3)2CO); simplest ketone	Physical sciences	0	0	0
25		Acid	Chemical compound giving a proton or accepting an electron pair	Physical sciences	0	0	0
26		Acid rain	Rain that is unusually acidic	Physical sciences	0	0	0
27		Acid–base reaction	Chemical reaction between an acid and a base	Physical sciences	0	0	0
28		Acoustics	Branch of physics involving mechanical waves	Physical sciences	0	0	0
29		Acre	Unit of area	Physical sciences	0	0	0
30		Actinide	F-block chemical elements	Physical sciences	0	0	0
31		Actinium	Chemical element with atomic number 89 (Ac)	Physical sciences	0	0	0
32		Active galactic nucleus	Compact region at a galaxy's center with abnormally high luminosity	Physical sciences	0	0	0
33		Aeolian processes	Processes due to wind activity	Physical sciences	0	0	0
34		Aerodynamics	Branch of dynamics concerned with studying the motion of air	Physical sciences	0	0	0
35		Air mass	Volume of air defined by its temperature and water vapor content	Physical sciences	0	0	0
36		Albedo	Ratio of how much light is reflected back from a body	Physical sciences	0	0	0
37		Alchemy	Branch of natural philosophy	Physical sciences	0	0	0
38		Alcohol (chemistry)	Organic compound with at least one hydroxyl (–OH) group	Physical sciences	0	0	0
39		Aldehyde	Organic compound containing the functional group R–CH=O	Physical sciences	0	0	0
40		Alkali metal	Group of highly reactive chemical elements	Physical sciences	0	0	0
41		Alkaline earth metal	Group of chemical elements	Physical sciences	0	0	0
42		Alkane	Type of saturated hydrocarbon compound	Physical sciences	0	0	0
43		Alkene	Hydrocarbon compound containing one or more C=C bonds	Physical sciences	0	0	0
44		Alkyne	Hydrocarbon compound containing one or more C≡C bonds	Physical sciences	0	0	0
45		Allotropy	Property of some chemical elements to exist in two or more different forms	Physical sciences	0	0	0
46		Alloy	Mixture or metallic solid solution composed of two or more elements	Physical sciences	0	0	0
47		Alluvial fan	Fan-shaped deposit of sediment	Physical sciences	0	0	0
48		Alpha Centauri	Star system in the Centaurus constellation	Physical sciences	0	0	0
49		Alpha particle	Ionizing radiation particle of two protons and two neutrons	Physical sciences	0	0	0
50		Alternating current	Electric current that periodically reverses direction	Physical sciences	0	0	0

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