PLTW - Nanotechnology

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)

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

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

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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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Nanorobots (nanobots)...

• Do not exist yet
• Exist in experimental form in laboratories
• Are already used in nanomedicine to remove plaque from the walls of arteries
• Will be used by NASA in the next unmanned mission to Mars

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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

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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