The Atomic Nature of Matter

Various credentials in Physics demonstrate competency in areas related to mechanics, materials, gasses and liquids, heating and cooling, acoustics, optics, electricity, and magnetism, radiation and nuclear physics, architecture, and a variety of related research and education areas. Specifically, this badge demonstrates the earner's ability to explain physics concepts by applying knowledge and solving problems related to atoms including the atomic hypothesis, characteristics of atoms, atomic imagery and structure, the Periodic Table, isotopes, compounds and mixtures, molecules, and antimatter.