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Nanoscience Quiz 1

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
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.
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
3.
The word "nano" means:
a)
one millioneth
b)
one billioneth
c)
one thousandth
d)
one trillioneth
4.

What is nanotechnology?

a)

Study and manipulation of technology that is micro sized

b)

Study and manipulation of matter that is small but can still be seen by the human eyes

c)

Study and manipulation of matter at a scale of 1-100 nano meters

d)

Study and manipulation of matter that moves at a speed measured in nano seconds

5.

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

a)

Increase relative surface area

b)

Decreased relative surface area

c)

Increased lattice parameters

d)

Lower down the melting temperature

6.

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

a)

Hydrophobic

b)

Exothermic

c)

Endothermic

d)

Hydrophilic

7.

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

a)

Albert Einstein

b)

Newton

c)

Richard feyman

d)

Eric dexler

8.

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

a)

Bike

b)

Printed words in a textbook

c)

Grain of sand

d)

Chromosomes

9.

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?

a)
b)
c)
d)
10.

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?

a)

The material is hydrophobic

b)

The material might be a nanoengineered product

c)

All of the above

d)

None of the above

11.
Who first used the term nanotechnology and when?
a)
Richard Feynman, 1959
b)
Norio Taniguchi, 1974
c)
Eric Drexler, 1986
d)
Sumio Iijima, 1991
12.

How wide is a nano-scale particle?

a)

1cm

b)

1-100nm

c)

1mm

d)

Very small

13.

Nanoscale silver can be used in....

a)

Nappies

b)

Bandages

c)

Windows

d)

Suncream

14.

In the time it takes for you to read this sentence, your fingernails have already grown ____ nanometers (nm)

a)

2

b)

1

c)

20

d)

10

15.

For Graphene

a)

Finie Band Gap

b)

Zero Band Gap

c)

Discrete Band Gap

d)

None of these