Modern Inventions Flashcards

1
Q

a mild heat treatment to minimize health hazards

A

Pasteurization

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2
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pasteurization was invented by

A

Louis Pasteur

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3
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he experimented on the souring of

A

wine into vinegar

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4
Q

two types of pasteurization

A

HTST and UHT

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5
Q

“phone”

A

sound

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6
Q

who was credited for the invention of the telephone

A

Alexander Graham Bell

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7
Q

first words spoken into telephone

A

“Mr. Watson, come here. I want to see you.”

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8
Q

“graph”

A

writing or scripture

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9
Q

inventor of phonograph

A

Thomas Edison

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10
Q

“aero”

A

air

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11
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“planos”

A

wandering

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12
Q

invented the hot air balloon

A

Montgolfier brothers

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13
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aerodrome, first machine capable of flight was made by

A

Samuel Pierpont Langley

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14
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brothers who invented and flew the first airplane in 1903

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Orville and Wilbur Wright

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15
Q

RADAR stands for

A

Radio Detection and Ranging

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16
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radar was invented in Britain by

A

Sir Robert Watson-Watt

17
Q

plastikos or plastikus

A

fit for moulding

18
Q

first manufactured plastic, subsitute for tortoiseshell and ivory

19
Q

inventor or Parkesine

A

Alexander Parkes

20
Q

further developed parkesine made from celllulose

21
Q

inventor of celluloid

A

John Wesley Hyatt

22
Q

first fully synthetic plastic, first synthetic resin

23
Q

inventor of Bakelite

A

Leo Bakeland

24
Q

developed the first handheld phone

A

Marlin Cooper

25
1st portable mobile phone
DynaTAC 8000X
26
Austrian physician who discovered the different blood types (ABO)
Karl Landsteiner
27
This system determines whether a person is Rh positive or Rh negative based on the presence or absence of the RhD antigen
The Rhesus (Rh) Factor
28
a rare blood type known as Rh-null where it lacks all Rh antigens
Golden Blood
29
proteins on the surface of RBC that trigger immune response
Antigens
30
proteins in the blood plasma that react with foreign antigens, causing a blood transfusion reaction
Antibodies
31
he discovered the electron
Joseph John Thomson
32
popularized the Yoyo
Pedro Edralin Flores