Nanotechnology

When was nanotechnology discovered?

• Now, because our scientists are so lazy

• 1959

• 2010

• 1888

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

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

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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NGSS.HS-ESS3-2

What is a nanometer?

• 100 Angstroms

• 100 millimeters

• 1 billionth of a meter

• 1000 millimeters