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C.L. TEST 76-100 Flashcards

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Proverbs and Idioms flashcards
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This is referred to as a very short amount of time.

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What is a nanosecond? (#76)

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This is a billionth of a second.

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What is a a nanosecond? (#76)

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This is devoted to producing devices on an atomic scale.

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What is nanotechnology? (#77)

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This device is said to be just a thousand atoms in width.

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What is nanotechnology? (#77)

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This mimics the human brain.

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What are neural networks? (#78)

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Neural networks were devolved to deal with problems such as __________.

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What is pattern recognition? (#78)

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This has sparked public debate.

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What is offshore drilling (#79)

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Offshore drilling is the operation of oil wells on the ____________.

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What is the continental shelf? (#79)

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This is a machine that can run forever.

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What is a perpetual-motion machine (#80)

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A perpetual-motion machine is impossible according to this

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What is the Second Law of Thermodynamics? (#80)

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11
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Police use this to detect the speed of automobiles.

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What is RADAR? (#81)

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RADAR stands for—

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What is Radio Detection and Ranging? (#81)

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13
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This can be left in a nuclear reactor.

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What is radioactive waste? (#82)

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14
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This is the programs and instructions that run a computer.

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What is a software? (#83)

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This is the other component to a software.

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What is a hardware (#83)

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16
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Charles Lindberg flew this plane over the Atlantic Ocean.

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What is The Spirit of St. Louis? (#84)

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The Spirit of Sr. Louis is now on display at ____________.

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What is the Smithsonian Institution? (#84)

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18
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A series of Soviet satellites.

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What are Sputniks? (#85)

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This was the year that the Sputnik was launched.

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What was 1957? (#85)

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20
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The SST flies faster than what?

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What is the speed of sound? (#86)

21
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SST stands for what?

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What is Super Sonic Transport? (#86)

22
Q

This technology is almost impossible to detect by RADAR.

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What is Stealth Technology? (#87)

23
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This was used for the first time in what war?

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What was the Persian Gulf War? (#87)

24
Q

These brothers sustained the first flight.

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Who were the Wright Brothers? (#88)

25
Q

The Wright Brothers made their flight in this place.

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Where is Kitty Hawk, North Carolina? (#88)

26
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This is a tendon connecting the heel bone to the calf muscle.

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What is the Achilles’ tendon? (#89)

27
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This Greek hero could only be wonder in his Achilles tendon.

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Who was Achilles? (#89)

28
Q

This technique was developed in China.

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What is acupuncture? (#90)

29
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Acupuncture can do what?

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What is curing disease? (#90)

30
Q

This virus attacks white blood cells

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What is AIDS? (#91)

31
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AIDS first appeared in the United States in what year?

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What was 1981? (#91)

32
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AIDS was believed to originate where?

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Where is Africa? (#92)

33
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This can cause physical dependency.

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What is alcoholism? (#93)

34
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Alcoholism can cause disorders in these organs

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What are the liver and brain? (#93)

35
Q

This disease cause the sufferer not want to eat.

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What is anorexia nervosa? (#94)

36
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This disease can cause what of the sufferer?

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What is a distorted self-image? (#94)

37
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This disease can be halted by the use of antibiotics.

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What is bacterial infection? (#95)

38
Q

A disease caused by bacterial infection is this.

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What is typhoid fever? (#95)

39
Q

This term means no danger to life.

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What is benign? (#96)

40
Q

The term “benign” is also used when what?

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What is when a tumor doesn’t threaten the health of an

individual? (#96)

41
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This is a training technique where a person learns how to regulate certain body functions.

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What is biofeedback? (#97)

42
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Biofeedback had some success in the treatment of what disorders?

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What are chronic headaches and back pain? (#97)

43
Q

This is the pressure of the blood against the walls of the blood vessels.

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What is blood pressure (#98)

44
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Blood pressure is affected by what?

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What is the strength of the heartbeat? (#98)

45
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A, B, AB, O are what?

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What are the four blood types? (#99)

46
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Blood transfusions can only be given between whom?

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Who are donors and recipients? (#99)

47
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Capillaries are what?

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What are types of blood vessels? (#100)

48
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Blood vessels are what?

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What are flexible tumblers canals through which blood calculates in the body? (#100)

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