Nanotechnology Review

The prefix "nano" comes from a ...

• French word meaning billion
• Greek word meaning dwarf
• Spanish word meaning particle
• Latin word meaning invisible

What is a buckyball?

• A carbon atom (C60)
• Nickname for Mercedes-Benz's futuristic concept car (C111)
• Plastic explosives nanoparticle (C4)
• Concrete nanoparticle with a compressive strength of 20 nanonewtons (C20)

Nanotechnology is an enabling technology that will impact many industries and applications.  Check all that apply.

• Electronics and computing
• Health and Medicine
• National Security and Space Exploration
• All of the Above

What is a nanometer?

• 100 Angstroms
• 100 millimeters
• 1 billionth of a meter
• 1000 millimeters

Nanotechnology allows the manipulation of atoms or molecules to create or modify materials at the nanoscale.

• True
• False

Nanotechnology requires specialized tools.  One tool is used to show detailed, three-dimensional images at very high magnification.

• Photon Microscope
• Nanoscope
• Scanning Electron Microscope
• None of the Above

This instrument is used to image, measure, and manipulate matter at the nanoscale

• Scanning Electron Microscope
• Nanoscope
• Photons microscope
• Atomic Force microscope

This area is where scientists and engineers build nano-structures

• Nanotory
• Clean Rooms
• microroom
• None of the Above

What does STEM stand for?

• Science, Technology, Education, Math

• Science, Technology, Engineering, Music

• School, Technology, Education, Math

• Science, Technology, Engineering, Math

What is nanotechnology?

• Study and manipulation of technology that is micro sized

• Study and manipulation of matter that is small but can still be seen by the human eyes

• Study and manipulation of matter at a scale of 1-100 nano meters

• Study and manipulation of matter that moves at a speed measured in nano seconds