Nanoscience Quiz 1

The prefix "nano" comes from a ...

• French word meaning billion

• Greek word meaning dwarf

• Spanish word meaning particle

• Latin word meaning invisible

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

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The word "nano" means:

• one millioneth
• one billioneth
• one thousandth
• one trillioneth

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

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Why the properties of nanomaterials are different significantly compared to bulk materials?

• Increase relative surface area

• Decreased relative surface area

• Increased lattice parameters

• Lower down the melting temperature

If something is repellent and tends not to combine with water, or dissolve in water, it would be considered.....

• Hydrophobic

• Exothermic

• Endothermic

• Hydrophilic

There is plenty of room at the bottom .This was stated by

• Albert Einstein

• Newton

• Richard feyman

• Eric dexler

Which of the following would be an example of a nanosize object?

• Bike

• Printed words in a textbook

• Grain of sand

• Chromosomes

The sole of a gecko's foot has millions of nanoscale hairs that help it grip to almost any surface.

Using nature as inspiration, what would be a similar concept?

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Coffee was spilled on a customer's white cotton pants by a waiter. The coffee rolled off the pants and did not leave a stain.

What might we know about the material?

• The material is hydrophobic

• The material might be a nanoengineered product

• All of the above

• None of the above