CL NOTES 76-100 Flashcards

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Radioactive waste, is material that what?

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May be left after a commercial or laboratory process.

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Radioactive waste is left in a what?

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Nuclear reactor

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What is software?

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The programs and instructions that run a computer.

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What do programs run, in a software?

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A computer

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What was the Spirit of St. Luis?

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Specially designed airplane

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Where is the Spirit of St. Louis on display?

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Smithsonian institution

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Sputniks are a series of what?

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Satellites

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Sputniks where the first what?

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Artificial satellites

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What does SST stand for?

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Super sonic transport

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What is SST?

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Commercial aircraft

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What is stealth technology?

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Use of advanced design and specialized material.

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Stealth Technology tries to create what?

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An aircraft that can’t be detected by RADAR

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What were the Wright brothers first name?

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Orville and Wilbur

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What where the Wright brothers?

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American mechanics

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What is Achilles’ tendon?

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A tendon

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What kind of mythology is the Achilles Tendon related to?

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Greek mythology

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Where did acupuncture orginate?

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In China

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What is acupuncture for?

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Curing disease

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What does the acronym AIDS stands for?

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Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome

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AIDS are a virus, or a what?

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HIV

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Where was AIDS believed to originate from?

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AIDS has become what?

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Am epidemic

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What is alcoholism?

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A chronic disease

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What organ is included in the damage of alcoholism?

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What is anorexia nervosa?
A psychosomatic disorder
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What is part of the suffering of Anorexia nervosa?
Refusal to eat, and undertaking activities.
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What is bacterial infection?
An actual infection
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Bacterial infection can be halted by the use of what?
Antibiotics
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What is Benign a term for?
Conditions
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Benign is the opposite of what?
Malignant
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What is a nanosecond?
A billionth of a second
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Nanosecond is often referred to as what?
A very short time
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Nanotechnology is a what?
Branch of technology
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Nanotechnology is designed to what?
Producing devices of an atomic scale
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Neural Networks are what?
Computer systems
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Neural Networks mimic what?
The human brain
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What is Offshore Drilling?
Operation of oil wells
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Offshore drilling can be up to how many feet?
Hundreds of feet deep
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What is a perpetual motion machine is a what?
A machine that could run forever
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What would a perpetual modish machine produce?
At least as much energy as needed for the operation
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What is the acronym of a RADAR?
Radio Detection And Ranging
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What does a RADAR detect?
Speed of automobiles
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Where is blood pressure especially applied?
The arteries
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How is blood pressure expressed?
One over the other
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Blood types has many what?
Types/groups
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Recipients and donors must have the same what?
Blood type
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Blood circulates through where?
Arteries, veins, and capillaries
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Blood begins circulate through where?
Flexible, tubular canals
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What is blood?
Fluid we need that circulates through our body
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What does blood carry?
Oxygen and nutrients.