C. L. TEST 76-100 Flashcards
- What is a nanosecond?
A billionth of a second
- What is nanosecond referred to?
A very short time
- What is nanotechnology?
A branch of technology devoted to producing devices on an atomic scale
- How big is the working part in nanotechnology?
Few thousands atoms in width
- What is neural networks?
A computer system that is designed to mimic the human brain or other biological system in its functioning
- What is offshore drilling?
The operation of oil wells in the continental shelf
- What are the public debates on oil drilling debating?
Possibility of large oil spills
- What is a perpetual-motion machine?
A machine that can run on forever
- What are the factors for a perpetual-motion machine?
It would have to produce at least enough energy as was needed for operation
- What is a RADAR?
A method of firing the position and velocity of an object by bouncing a radio wave off it and analyzing the reflected wave
- What does RADAR stand for?
R-radio D-detection A-and R-ranging
- What is radioactive waste?
Radioactive materials that may be left after a commercial or laboratory process that has been carried out
- What is low waste material?
Objects that have touched the radioactive tracers used in certain medical tests
- What is software?
The programs and instructions that run a computer
- What does software oppose?
The actual physical machinery and devices that compose the hardware
- What is the spirt of St. Louis?
A specially designed airplane that Charles lindberg flew in the first non stop flight across the Atlantic Ocean
- Where’s is the spirit of St. Louis located now?
The smithsonian institute in Washington, D.C.
- What is sputniks?
A series of saviet satellites launched in 1957 and in following years
- What time is sputniks referred to as?
Post-Sputnik boom
- What does SST stand for?
S-super S-sonic transport
- What is a SST?
A commercial aircraft that flies faster than the speed of sound
- What is stealth technology?
The use of advanced design and specialized materials
- When was stealth technology first used?
Persian gulf war
- Who were the wright brothers?
American inventors and mechanics of the late 19th and early 20th centuries
- Where/when was the wright brothers first plane created?
Kitty hawk, NC in 1903
- What is an Achilles’ tendon?
Tendon connecting the heel bone and the calf muscle of the leg
- Who was Achilles?
A greek legend that could only be wounded in the heel
- What is acupuncture?
Technique for curing disease, relieving pain, and bringing about anesthesia
- Where’d did acupuncture originate?
China
- What does AIDS stand for?
Acronym for Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome
- What are AIDS?
A fatal disease caused by the human immunodeficiency virus or HIV
- Where’d AIDS originate?
Africa
- How many people have been infected with AIDS?
65 million people
- What is alcoholism?
A chronic disease with the excessive and habitual consumption of alcohol
- What are alcoholisms affects?
Abnormal heart rhythms, certain cancers, birth defects/subsequent abnormalities, and with the loss of appetite, poor nutrition
- What is anorexia nervosa?
A psychosomatic disorder in which the sufferer refuses to eat and undertakes activities to being about extreme weight loss
- What are anorexia nervosa’s affects?
Death if treatment not obtained
- What is bacterial infection?
An infection caused by bacteria
95.What are bacterial infections affects?
Diphtheria, tuberculosis, and typhoid fever
- What is benign?
A descriptive term meaning no danger in life
- What is the term benign used for?
Rumors that are no threaten to the individual
- What is biofeedback?
A training technique by which a person learns how to regulate certain body functions, such as heart rate, blood pressure or brain wave patterns that are considered to be involuntary
- What has biofeedback had success in doing?
Chronic headaches and back pain
- What is blood pressure?
The pressure of the blood against the walls of the blood vessels, especially the arteries
- What is the systolic and diastolic pressures?
Systolic- left ventricle pushing
Diastolic- ventricle relaxes and fills with blood
- What is blood type?
One of many groups into which a persons blood can be categorized, based upon the presence or absence of specific antigens in blood
- What kind of blood types are there?
A,B,AB,O
- What were neural networks designed for?
Deal with problems, like pattern recognition
- What are blood vessels?
The flexible tubular canals through which blood circulates the body
- What are types of blood vessels?
Capillaries, veins and arteries
