Nanotechnology PLTW

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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An atom.......

• Is the smallest particle of an element that retains all the properties of that element.

• Is anything that has mass and takes up space.

• Has a positive charge

• Has a negative charge

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There are _____________ nanometers in a meter.

• 10 million

• 1 billion

• 1000

• 100

You can see objects on the nano level with....

• Your own eyes

• A magnifying glass

• A Scanning Electron Microscope

• A telescope

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

• Hydrophobic

• Exothermic

• Endothermic

• Hydrophilic

If something is readily absorbing or dissolving in water, (having a liking for water), it would be considered to be....

• Hydrophobic

• Endothermic

• Exothermic

• Hydrophilic

Read the words in the picture.

These are some examples of......

• Physical change

• Chemical change

• Physical properties of matter

• All of the above

What characteristics do nanoengineered products such as Magic Sand and Stain Resistant fabric have in common?

• All were created using nanotechnology

• All behave in an unexpected way

• All have unique physical properties

• All of the above

• None of the above

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

• Bike

• Printed words in a textbook

• Grain of sand

• Chromosomes

We can use nanotechnology to alter physical properties of matter by arranging and rearranging what?

• Newton's laws

• Atoms

• LittleBits

• Nanowhiskers

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