STS REVIEWER Flashcards

1
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Who invented the printing press? AND WHEN?

A

JOHANNES GUTENBERG IN 1440

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Back then they compiled actuarial tables and did engineering calculations and served as computers.

A

COMPUETRS

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3
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Who is the Father of Computer Age?

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Wilhelm Schickard

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4
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It is an electromechanical machine that searched through the permutations, and by the end of the war the British were able to read all daily German Naval Enigma traffic.

A

bombe

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5
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It is a machine solving any problem, performing any task for which a program could be written.

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computer

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6
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Who is the Filipino engineer who created the new silicon chip?

A

Diosdado P. Banatao

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Who built a simple computer with around 8080 microprocessors that were hooked up to a keyboard and television?

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Steve Wozniak

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Steve Jobs called the computer described in No. 8 as ______and sold this computer to a Silicon Valley shop that wanted to buy 100 of them for $500 each.

A

Apple I

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He realized that personal computers (PCs) needed software and then he created his Microsoft.

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Bill Gates

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10
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How many nanometers are there in one meter?

A

one billion

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11
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The prefix “nano” means ____.

A

billion

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12
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Who first used the word “nanotechnology”?

A

Norio Taniguchi

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In what year did Richard Feynman give his lecture “There’s Plenty of Room at the Bottom,” which help inaugurate the study of nanotechnology?

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1959

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14
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Some research has raised concerns that carbon nanotubes used in products such as high-tech spray paint might share qualities with this carcinogen:

A

asbestos

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15
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What is the size of nanomaterial?

A

1-100 nanometers

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16
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It describes a hypothetical apocalyptic nanotechnology scenario where out-of-control robots eat all the biomass on earth while they propagate.

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grey goo

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17
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It is a newly emerged and fast growing branch of optics utilizing molecular-size device.

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plasmonic

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These are photo-emissive particles used in LED-backlit LCDs.

A

quantum dots

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19
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VARIATION OF GENES

A

GENETIC BIODIVERSITY

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20
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VARIETY OF SPECIES

A

SPECIES DIVERSITY

21
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VARIATIONS OF CLIMATIC/NO. OF SPECIES

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ECOLOGICAL DIVERSITY

22
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FOR COUGHS, COLDS AND INFLAMMATION

A

(CYPRESS)& (MYRRH)

23
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AID IN CHILDBIRTH

A

PLANT GENUS SALVIA

24
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SWEET, GUMMY/“MANNA” DURING HOT DAYS

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ALHAGI MAURORUM MEDIK (CAMELS THORN)

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-PROTECT A PERSON FROM INFECTION
PLANT LIGUSTICUM SCOTICUM LINNAEUS
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FROM THE PLANT P. SOMNIFERUM, USED AS PAINKILLER
CRUDE MORPHINE
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DERIVED FROM DIGITALIS PURPUREA L. (FOXGLOVE) IN EUROPE AND USED IN CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE
ACTIVE CONSTITUENT DIGITOXIN
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FOR DRY MOUTH
XEROSTOMIA
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PLANNED AGRICULTURAL CROPS OR LIVESTOCK
AGROBIODIVERSITY
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FOR HEATING AND COOKING PURPOSES
COAL
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USED FOR POWERING MACHINERIES
WATER ENERGY
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FOR LIGHTING AND HEATING
OIL WELLS
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: MOST EFFICIENT VERSION OF THE WINDMILL
THE DUTCH
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WAS USED AS A SOURCE OF LIGHT
NATURAL GAS
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DISCOVERY OF ELECTROMAGNETISM
MICHAEL FARADAY
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DEVELOPED THE FIRST SOLAR POWERED SYSTEM
AUGUSTINE MOUCHOT
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SHOWS THAT BIODIVERSITY HAS BEEN AFFECTED BY THE USAGE OF DIFFERENT FORMS OF ENERGY, PRIMARILY THE FOSSIL FUELS
NATHAN JONES
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TO DELIVER RELIABLE WATER SUPPLY
AQUEDUCT
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* WORLDWIDE PROTOCOLS
MONTREAL PROTOCOL AND KYOTO PROTOCOL
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GMO
GENETICALLY MODIFIED ORGANISM
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discovered DNA
ANDREI NIKOLAEVITCH BELOZERSKY
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used to increase milk production/COW
BOVINE SOMATOTROPIN
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- the first cloned animal was born
DOLLY
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harmful to human but plays a great role as an insecticide
BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS
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DNA
DEOXYRIBONUCLEIC ACID
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Gene therapy treatment called
STRIMVELIS
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is a study that suggest novel
AGROECOLOGY
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- caterpillar-cum-moth
* Helicoverpa zea