So Why Nanotechnology?

A buckyball is

• Made up of 60 carbon atoms, 20 hexagons, and 12 pentagons

• Made up of 60 carbon atoms, 12 hexagons, and 20 pentagons

• Made up of 60 carbon atoms, 10 hexagons, and 20 pentagons

• Made up of 50 carbon atoms, 15 hexagons, and 10 pentagons

Nanotechnology will not impact space exploration

• True

• False

National Security will benefit through nanotechnology with which of the following?

• Increase carry-on weight of soldier gear

• Heavy weight military platforms

• High sensitivity, low power sensors to detect threats

Nanotechnology will make fuels and semiconductors more expensive

• True

• False

In clean rooms they wear suits to protect the room from dirt that may be on clothes, bodies,or

• Ears

• Shoes

• Fingernails

• Hair

An electron microscope views

• Micrometers

• Nano meters

• Centimeters

• Millimeters

Materials can have different properties at the nanoscale, which do not belong?

• Different Colors

• Reflects light better

• Same magnetic properties

• Weaker

A buckyball is not use for?

• Vehicle for Drug Delivery

• Light-bulbs

• Surface coatings to improve wear resistance

• Tiny environmental surfaces

Scanning probe microscope are used to show detailed, three-dimensional images at very___ ___

• medium magnification

• low magnification

• bright magnification

• high magnification

A problem with carbon nanotubes is that they are

• Too stiff

• Too sticky

• Too long

• All of the above