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WorksheetsPLTW - Nanotechnology
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
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1.
The prefix "nano" comes from a ...
a)
French word meaning billion
b)
Greek word meaning dwarf
c)
Spanish word meaning particle
d)
Latin word meaning invisible
2.
Who first used the term nanotechnology and when?
a)
Richard Feynman, 1959
b)
Norio Taniguchi, 1974
c)
Eric Drexler, 1986
d)
Sumio Iijima, 1991
3.
What is a buckyball?
a)
A carbon atom (C60)
b)
Nickname for Mercedes-Benz's futuristic concept car (C111)
c)
Plastic explosives nanoparticle (C4)
d)
Concrete nanoparticle with a compressive strength of 20 nanonewtons (C20)
4.
Which of these consumer products is already being made using nanotechnology methods?
a)
Nano-Tex fabric
b)
Golf Ball
c)
Sunscreen Lotion
d)
All of the Above
5.
Nanotechnology is an enabling technology that will impact many industries and applications. Check all that apply.
a)
Electronics and computing
b)
Health and Medicine
c)
National Security and Space Exploration
d)
All of the Above
6.
Nanorobots (nanobots)...
a)
Do not exist yet
b)
Exist in experimental form in laboratories
c)
Are already used in nanomedicine to remove plaque from the walls of arteries
d)
Will be used by NASA in the next unmanned mission to Mars
7.
What exactly is a quantum dot?
a)
A semiconductor nanostructure that confines the motion of conduction band electrons, valence band holes, or excitons in all three spatial directions.
b)
The sharpest possible tip of an Atomic Force Microscope
c)
A fictional term used in science fiction for the endpoints of wormholes
d)
Unexplained spots that appear in electron microscopy images of nanostructures smaller than 1 nanometer
8.
What best approximates the diameter of a DNA molecule?
a)
2 nanometers
b)
20 nanometers
c)
3 Angstroms
d)
100 Angstroms
9.
What is a nanometer?
a)
100 Angstroms
b)
100 millimeters
c)
1 billionth of a meter
d)
1000 millimeters
10.
Nanotechnology allows the manipulation of atoms or molecules to create or modify materials at the nanoscale.
a)
True
b)
False
11.
What’s a Carbon Nanotube (CNT)?
a)
Nanotubes does not exist
b)
Tubular form of gold with a diameter of 1000 millimeters
c)
Tubular form of carbon with diameter of 1 nanometer and length of few nanometers to microns
d)
Tubular form of a buckyball
12.
Nanotubes have extraordinary properties, including
a)
very high tensile strength
b)
stiff as diamonds
c)
very high current carrying capacity
d)
All of the Above
13.
Nanotechnology requires specialized tools. One tool is used to show detailed, three-dimensional images at very high magnification.
a)
Photon Microscope
b)
Nanoscope
c)
Scanning Electron Microscope
d)
None of the Above
14.
This instrument is used to image, measure, and manipulate matter at the nanoscale
a)
Scanning Electron Microscope
b)
Nanoscope
c)
Photons microscope
d)
Atomic Force microscope
15.
This area is where scientists and engineers build nano-structures
a)
Nanotory
b)
Clean Rooms
c)
microroom
d)
None of the Above
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