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C.L NOTES 56-75 Flashcards

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56.A device that takes a small electrical signal and converts it into a large one.

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What does a amplifier do?

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56.Used in stereo systems, electric guitars, computers speakers, and hundreds of other items.

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Where are amplifiers used?

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  1. The battle of New Orleans.
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What was the greatest battle of the war?

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  1. The American commander was Andrew Jackson.
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Who was he american commander?

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58.A series of space flights under taken by the United States.

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What is the Apollo program?

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58.Three astronauts consist of this.

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How many astronauts are on a crew?

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  1. Neil Armstrong was the first man on the moon.
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Who was the first man on the man?

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  1. Yes he is from the Apollo program.
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Was Neil Armstrong apart of the apollo program?

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9
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  1. Artificial intelligence.
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What does AI stand for?

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  1. The means of duplicating or imitating intelligence in computers, robots, or other devices.
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What is AI?

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  1. An American inventor and scientist of the late nineteenth & twentieth centuries.
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Who is Alexander graham bell?

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  1. Born in Scotland.
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Where was Alexander graham bell born?

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62.The bell telephone company.

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What was the result of bells result?

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  1. Alexander graham bell.
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Who is bell?

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15
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  1. (Beye-nuh-Ree)
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How do you pronounce binary?

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  1. Anything composed of two parts.
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What does binary mean?

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17
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  1. The smallest unit of information.
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What is a bit?

18
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  1. Yes or no
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What does a bit correspond to?

19
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  1. By an airplane traveling at speeds greater than the speed of sound.
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How is a sonic boom generated?

20
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  1. Explosive sound generated by an airplane.
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What does sonic boom mean?

21
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  1. (beyet)
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How do you say byte?

22
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  1. Often 8 bits.
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How many bits are in one byte?

23
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  1. A temperature scale in which zero degrees is the freezing point of water.
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What does Celsius mean?

24
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  1. 100 degrees Celsius.
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What is the boiling point for Celsius?

25
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  1. A place in Ukraine.
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Where is Chernobyl?

26
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  1. A generator powered by a nuclear reactor.
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What is a nuclear reactor?

27
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  1. A program that enters a computer without the knowledge of the operator.
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What is a computer virus?

28
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  1. Through disks.
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How do viruses spread?

29
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70.The branch of technology concerned with the behavior of materials at very low temperatures.

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What is cryogenics?

30
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  1. Near ABSOLUTE ZERO.
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What temperatures is cryogenics particularly temperatures?

31
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  1. The late 19th centuries and early 20th century.
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What centuries was Thomas A. Edison an inventor?

32
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  1. More than a thousand devices.
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How many devices did Thomas Edison patent?

33
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  1. Genius is one percent inspiration and 99 percent perspiration.
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What proverb did edison originate?

34
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  1. New Jersey.
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What was Thomas Edison’s home state?

35
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  1. Newspapers, motion pictures, radio, television, and magazines.
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What does mass media consist of?

36
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  1. News papers, motion pictures, radio, television, and magazines c
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What has technical capacity to deliver information?

37
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  1. A meltdown.
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What is the most serious accident that can occur at a nuclear reactor?

38
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  1. Radio active material in the reactor becomes very hot.
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What occurs in a meltdown?

39
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  1. A prefix meaning one billionth.
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What does nano mean?

40
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  1. Prefix.
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Is nano a prefix or suffix?

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