PLTW Science of Technology 1

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)

Which of these consumer products is already being made using nanotechnology methods?

• Nano-Tex fabric
• Golf Ball
• Sunscreen Lotion
• All of the Above

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

What’s a Carbon Nanotube (CNT)?

• Nanotubes does not exist
• Tubular form of gold with a diameter of 1000 millimeters
• Tubular form of carbon with diameter of 1 nanometer and length of few nanometers to microns
• Tubular form of a buckyball

Nanotubes have extraordinary properties, including

• very high tensile strength
• stiff as diamonds
• very high current carrying capacity
• All of the Above

This area is where scientists and engineers build nano-structures

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

___________combines the fields of biology and medicine to develop knowledge, interventions, or technology that are of use in healthcare or public health.

• Forensic Science

• Biomedical Science

• Criminal Justice