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True or False. A light emitting diode is an example of an ohmic material.
False
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True or False. Optical fibers use laser diode for telecommunications.
True
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True or False. The solar cells convert electricity into light
False
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The advantage/advantages of light emitting diode is/are (there could be more than one answer)

(a) Shorter Life (b) Longer Life (c) Energy efficient (d) Toxity
Longer Life and Energy efficient
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________________ are used in surgery to heal abnormal tissues in sensitive areas such as brain.
Laser Diode
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________________ reduces the amount of greenhouse gas emissions.
Solar Cells
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 What kind of trend is shown in the graph?
What kind of trend is shown in the graph?
Non-Linear
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What are some of the applications of light emitting diodes.
Displays, Car Head Lights, TV’s, Traffic Lights, etc
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What is the significance of Nanotech in Biomedicine
Target drug delivery

reduces damage to healthy

detect disease efficiety

increased solubility
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what is encapsulation and how is it done
is an effective method for creating time-released drugs

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what is gene therapy
is an experimental technique to introduce healthy genes into cells to treat or prevent disease

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create therapeutic genes

insert gene into a modified virus

modified gene are carried into the body which produce deried protein
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which process is used to insert normal genes into human cells to correct disorders?

a) gene therapy

b) stem cell threapy

c) powder balls

d) molecular cloning
A) Gene Therapy
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Which vehicles are often used for gene therapy to carry a healthy gene?

a) bateria

b) viruses

c) plastic capsules

d) gene therapy

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b) viruses
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In gene therapy in order to be success, the healthy gene inserted
be able to make the correct amount of the protein needed
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_________ help detection and diagnosis of disease more efficiently
Lab biopsy chips
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circulating cancer cells attaches themselves to ______ in cancer detecting biopsy chips through antibodies
carbon nanotubes
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what is thermal ablation
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what are the risk of gene therapy
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True/False

Protein testing help investigator during crime scene investigation
false
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True or False

Stephen Hawkings’s a famous physiscist who developed implications of big bang theory suffered from Alzheimer’s Disease since his adult age
False
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True or False

DNA is made up of repeating molecules called nucleotides
true
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The ________ bases in DNA are arranged in different sequence to code genetic variation.

Nitrogen and nitrogenous
nitrogenous
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DNA contains the instruction making ______ in the cells

a) Lipids

b) carbonhydrates

c) nucleotides

d) protiens
D proteins
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Proteins______ enable all the muscle movement

a) ion channel

b) hemoglobin

c) actin and myosin

d) carbonhydrates

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C) Actin and Myosin
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Misfolding of protein causes ______
diseases
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How are protein engineered in our body?
copying of genetic information from DNA to RNA called transcription

RNA carries instructions from DNA to the rest of the Ribosome
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True or False

According to Ohm’s law if voltage increases then current increases for constant resistance
true
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True or False

Current is flow of electrons in a circuit
true
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Battery, wires and bulb are the main elements of an electric

a) transformer

b) chamber

c) resistor

d) circuit
D) circuit
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what is the voltage drop across 6 ohm reistance when a current of 2 amps flows through it
12V
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List a few ethical concern about nanotechnology
negative:

toxic for environment, high cost, dangerous side effects

postitve: able to cross cell membrance and translocate in the body if nanoparticles are moblie

increasing possibilities of privacy violation

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