C.L. Test 76-100 Flashcards

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A billionth of a second

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What is nanosecond?

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A very short time

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What is nanosecond referred to?

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Branch of technology devoted to producing devices on an atomic scale

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What is nanotechnology?

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A few thousand atoms in width

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How large is a typical nanotechnology device?

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A computer system designed to mimic the human brain

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What is neural networks?

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To deal with real world problem

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Why were neural networks created?

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The operation of oil wells on the continental shelf

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What is offshore drilling?

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Hundreds of feet deep

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How deep can the water be for offshore drilling?

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A machine that could theoretically runforever

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What is the perpetual motion machine?

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The second law of thermodynamics

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What law proved the perpetual motion machine couldn’t run forever?

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A method of finding an object by bouncing waves off it

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What is Radar?

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Radio Detection And Ranging

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What is the acronym for RADAR?

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13
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Materials that may be left after commercial or laboratory processes

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What is radioactive waste?

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14
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Burying containers full underground

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How is radioactive waste stored?

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The programs that run a computer

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What is software?

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Hardware

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What is the opposite of software?

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A specially designed plane

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What was the spirit of St. Louis?

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Charles Lindbergh

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Who flew the first non stop flight over the Atlantic?

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A series of soviet satellites

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What are sputniks?

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Russians

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Who made sputniks?

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A commercial aircraft

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What was the SST?

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Faster that the speed of sound

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How fast was the SST?

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The use of advanced designs to make an aircraft

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What is stealth technology?

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Orville and Wilbur

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Who were the Wright brothers?

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Late 19th century and early 20th century

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When were the Wright brothers alive?

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A tendon that connect the heel to the ankle

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What is the Achilles Tendon?

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The Greek God Achilles

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What was the Achilles’ tendon named after?

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When small needles are injected in areas that are sore

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What is acupuncture?

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China

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Where did acupuncture originate?

30
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Acquired Immune Deficiency System

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What does AIDS stand for?

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The human immunodeficiency virus

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What can cause AIDS?

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Africa

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Where did aids originate?

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25 million

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How many people are believed to have aids?

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A chronic disease

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What Is alcoholism?

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Habitual consumption of alcohol

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What causes alcoholism?

36
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A psychometric disorder

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What is Anorexia Nervosa?

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Refuses to eat

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What is a symptom of Anorexia