STS FINAL Flashcards
(27 cards)
condition of being away from illness and diseases not just
physically but also emotionally, mentally, and spiritually.
Good Health
refers to the variety of life forms, not just rare and endangered forms of life, nor just big and attractive animals and plants.
Biodiversity
uses biological systems, living
organisms, or derivatives thereof to make or modify products or processes for specific use.
Biotechnology
an organism, either plant,
animals, or microorganism in which the genetic material (DNA) has been altered in a way
that does not occur naturally by mating or natural recombination.
GMO
a unit meaning of one billionth or ten raised to negative
nine (10^-9)
nano
refers to the manipulation
of matter on an atomic or subatomic scale.
nanotechnology
a potential method to either
treat or cure genetic-related human illnesses
Gene therapy
Gene therapy is actually inspired by the success of
DNA technology
The primary goal of gene therapy is to
increase the body’s own level of healing capacity.
a process of inserting foreign DNA into a patient’s tissues
Gene therapy
refers to the long-term weather patterns prevailing over a given area of the planet.
Climate
refers to the statistically significant changes in the climate for a continuous period of time.
Climate change
two factors contributing to climate change
natural internal-external process, and the persistent anthropogenic changes in the composition of the atmosphere or in use of land
stated that there is no possible stable state for the climate.
Gilbert N. Plass
What does (ICT) stand for?
Information and
Communication Technology
used to describe technologies manipulating and
communicating
ICT Information and Communication Technology
identified with the creation of electromagnetic calculator during the World War II
Phase I
associated with the development of personal computers in 1970s.
Phase II
related to the development of microprocessors, a multipurpose, programmable device that accepts digital data as input.
Phase III
started from connecting computers within a small
geographic area for the field of “Defense and Education”
Phase IV
related to the development of wireless technology which started with the invention of the mobile phone.
Phase V
allowed people to
get connected even in the absence of telephone and cell phone.
satellite phone
created a browser that made the internet accessible to all.
“Netscape”
_______ companies invested a huge amount of money for fiber-optic cables to increase
speed and bandwidth power.
Telecom
