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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

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Louis Pasteur

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3
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he experimented on the souring of

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wine into vinegar

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4
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two types of pasteurization

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HTST and UHT

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5
Q

“phone”

A

sound

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6
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who was credited for the invention of the telephone

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Alexander Graham Bell

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7
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first words spoken into telephone

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

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8
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“graph”

A

writing or scripture

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9
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inventor of phonograph

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Thomas Edison

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10
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“aero”

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air

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11
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“planos”

A

wandering

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12
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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

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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
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RADAR stands for

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Radio Detection and Ranging

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16
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radar was invented in Britain by

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Sir Robert Watson-Watt

17
Q

plastikos or plastikus

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fit for moulding

18
Q

first manufactured plastic, subsitute for tortoiseshell and ivory

A

Parkesine

19
Q

inventor or Parkesine

A

Alexander Parkes

20
Q

further developed parkesine made from celllulose

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celluloid

21
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inventor of celluloid

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John Wesley Hyatt

22
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first fully synthetic plastic, first synthetic resin

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Bakelite

23
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inventor of Bakelite

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Leo Bakeland

24
Q

developed the first handheld phone

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Marlin Cooper

25
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1st portable mobile phone

A

DynaTAC 8000X

26
Q

Austrian physician who discovered the different blood types (ABO)

A

Karl Landsteiner

27
Q

This system determines whether a person is Rh positive or Rh negative based on the presence or absence of the RhD antigen

A

The Rhesus (Rh) Factor

28
Q

a rare blood type known as Rh-null where it lacks all Rh antigens

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Golden Blood

29
Q

proteins on the surface of RBC that trigger immune response

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Antigens

30
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proteins in the blood plasma that react with foreign antigens, causing a blood transfusion reaction

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Antibodies

31
Q

he discovered the electron

A

Joseph John Thomson

32
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popularized the Yoyo

A

Pedro Edralin Flores

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