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Lesson 7 - 10 Flashcards

1
Q

School of thought espoused the idea that to generate happiness, one must learn to distance oneself and be apathetic.

A

Stoicism

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2
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T or F: Biodiversity has been increasing due to human actions.

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False

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3
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The number of different species in a particular ecosystem or on Earth.

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species diversity

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4
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The differences among individuals or populations; variation within a species.

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genetic diversity

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5
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The variety of life and its processes; including the variety of living organisms, the genetic differences among them, and the communities and ecosystems in which they occur.

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biodiversity

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6
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It is the process of protecting species in its natural habitat, either by establishment and management of protected areas where the species abound.

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In Situ Conservation

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7
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The many types of functional units formed by living communities interacting with their environments.

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ecosystem diversity

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8
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Date: Apple Macintosh computer

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1984

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9
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Date: 1st Microprocessor chip

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1971

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10
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Date: Dewey Decimal System

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1876

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11
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Date: Integrated Circuit

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1958

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12
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Date: 1st Magnetic Recordings

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1899

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13
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Information became accessible through management of information by the use of computer networks

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information age

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14
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The application of information technology to store, organize, and analyze vast amount of biological data.

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Bioinformatics

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15
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Led a school whose primary belief is that the world is made up of and is controlled by the tiny indivisible units in the world called atomos.

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Democritus and Leucippus

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16
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A person who considers material possessions and physical comfort as more important than spiritual values.

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Materialism

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17
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Whereas “truth” is the aim of the theoretical sciences, the “_______” is the end goal of the practical ones.

A

Good

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18
Q

World’s largest fish

A

Rhincodon typus

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19
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World’s largest shell

A

Tridacna gigas

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20
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Most expensive shell

A

Connus gloriamaris

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21
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World’s largest eagle

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Pithecophaga jefferyi

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22
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World’s tiniest shell

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Pisidum

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23
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a huge computer system that can fill an entire room

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Mainframes

24
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A system of thought that rejects religious beliefs and centers on humans and their values, capacities and worth

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Humanism

25
Q

An American entrepreneur who co-founded an Apple computers

A

Steve Jobs

26
Q

a species present in such small numbers that is at risk of extinction

A

Endangered

27
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An organism exclusively native to a place or biota

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Endemic

28
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The NAME of the place where the creature lives

A

Habitat

29
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The vast variety of life forms in the entire earth

A

Biodiversity

30
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A self-contained community of organisms which interacts along with the physical environment

A

Ecosystem

31
Q

A PC that is not designed for portability

A

Desktop

32
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T or F: Google is now the world’s most popular search engine

A

True

33
Q

T or F: Paul Nipkow is the creator of the earliest robot in the early 1950’s.

A

False

34
Q

A software tool used for an interactive genome analysis.

A

annotator

35
Q

The first true portable computer was released in what year?

A

1981

36
Q

An English Mathematics professor who designed the Analytical Engine which was used as the basic framework of the computers.

A

Charles Babbage

37
Q

T or F: Personal service robot is a service robot used for a commercial task.

A

False

38
Q

Declared the Greatest Happiness Principle by saying that an action is right as far as it maximizes the attainment of happiness for the greatest number of people.

A

John Stuart Mill

39
Q

A software tool used for comparing sequences of gene proteins.

A

BLAST

40
Q

Who disagreed that there is no reality over and above what the senses can perceive?

A

Aristotle

41
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Who said the thought that things in the world are not real and are only copies?

A

Plato

42
Q

Tool to identify coding regions and splice sites.

A

Gene Finder

43
Q

A senior engineer at Motorola who made the world’s first mobile phone call.

A

Martin Cooper

44
Q

T or F: Information age a period known also as the New Media Age.

A

True

45
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The name of the invention created by a German student Paul Nipkow.

A

Electric telephone

46
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T or F : English scientist Tim Berners-Lee invented the World Wide Web in 1998.

A

True

47
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T or F: Unimate is the name of the earliest robot created in the early 1950’s.

A

True

48
Q

What type of species is most likely to lead to extinction of another species?

A

Invasive species

49
Q

The belief that pleasure is the most important thing in life

A

Hedonism

50
Q

T or F: Isaac Asimov formulated the laws of robotics back in the 1940s.

A

True

51
Q

The first commercial mobile phone available to the public.

A

Motorola DynaTAC 8000X

52
Q

T or F: Charles Babbage is an English Mathematics professor, who designed the Analytical Engine which was used as the basic framework of the computers.

A

True

53
Q

School of thought that espouses the freedom of man to carve his own destiny.

A

Humanism

54
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Who said that technology can be perceived as a means to achieve man’s end?

A

Martin Heidegger

55
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T or F: Professional service robot is a robot used for a commercial task.

A

True

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