C.L. Test 57-75 Flashcards

(38 cards)

1
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A device that takes a small electric current and turns it into a large one.
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What is an amplifier?

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2
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Electric guitars

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What is one of the things an amplifier is used for?

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A series of space flights undertaken by the United States

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What was the Apollo Program?

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4
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Landing a man on the moon

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What was the goal of the Apollo program?

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5
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The moon

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What did Neil Armstrong land on?

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An astronaut

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What was Neil Armstrong?

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The means of duplicating the intelligence of computers

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What is AI?

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Solve problems

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What did AI help them to do?

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9
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An American inventor and scientist

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Who was Alexander Graham Bell?

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10
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The telephone

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What did Alexander Bell invent in 1876?

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The invention of the telephone

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What caused phone companies to be in business?

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Alexander Bell

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Who invented the telephone?

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13
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Anything composed in two parts

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What is binary?

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14
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Banks of components

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Where is info stored in computers?

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15
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The smallest unit of info

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What is a bit?

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16
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Yes or no

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What does one bit correspond to?

17
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A sharp explosive sound

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What is a “ sonic boom “?

18
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Faster than the speed of sound

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What speed is needed to get a sonic boom?

19
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A unit of info that is made up of bits

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What is a byte?

20
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A computer

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Where are bytes found?

21
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A temperature scale

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What is Celsius?

22
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100 boiling point 0 freezing point

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What points in Celsius are freezing and boiling?

23
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Ukraine

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Where is Chernobyl located

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A nuclear meltdown

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What occurred at Chernobyl?

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A program that enters a computer 69
What is a computer virus?
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Through the Internet and from machine to machine 69
How are computer viruses transferred?
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A branch of technology 70
What are cryogenics?
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Materials at very low temperatures 70
What does cryogenics deal with?
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An American inventor 71
Who was Thomas Edison?
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The phonograph 71
What was one item invented by Thomas Edison?
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Genius is one percent inspiration and 99 percent perspiration 72
What was the proverb that was originated by Edison?
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The wizard of Menlo Park 72
What was Edison also referred to as?
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Television, radio, newspapers, motion pictures, and magazines 73
What are some examples of mass media?
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The technical capacity to deliver info to millions of people 73
What did mass media have to have?
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The most serious accident that could happen at a nuclear plant 74
What is a meltdown?
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Radioactive material has to become hot in the reactor 74
What has to happen for a meltdown to occur?
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A prefix 75
What is a nano?
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One billionth 75
What is the prefix nano referring to?