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- Q1According to the text, when was the transistor invented?in 2000in 1945in 2007in 194745s
- Q2How does the author describe the changes transistors have undergone over time?Transistors haven't changed much since they were invented.Transistors have shrunk in size and become less useful.Transistors are used for the same things they were used for when first invented.Transistors have shrunk in size but increased in usefulness.60s
- Q3Read this paragraph from the text. A transistor's ability to control the flow of electricity has made possible our entire computerized world. All computers depend on the binary system to convert electric signals into useful information. The binary system has only two numbers: 1 and 0. When a transistor stops the flow of electrons, it registers a 0. Millions or billions of the 1s and 0s, flashing off and on hundreds on millions of times a second in programmed patterns, enable your computer to do everything it does-from allowing you to play World of Warcraft to letting you type up a school science report. What conclusion can you draw about computers and transistors with this information?Transistors are made up of 1's and 0's.Computers would not work without transistors.Advanced computers no longer need a transistor to work.Computers require millions or billions of transistors to complete simple tasks.300s
- Q4Based on the text, how does the author likely feel about the future of transistors and nanotechnology?hopeful and excitedto little information to determinecautious and uncertainconcerned and worried45s
- Q5What is this text mostly about?sciencenanotechnologytransistorstechnology45s
- Q6Read these sentences from the text. Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, consider the amazing shrinking transistor! Watch it contract a million times until it becomes a tiny dot visible only under a powerful microscope! As used in the text, what does the word "contract" mean?agreement or pactform an agreementget or incur, as in a virus or diseaseshrink120s
- Q7Choose the word that best completes the sentence. If scientists can figure out how to etch transistors onto graphene, ________ they will be able to create much smaller and much faster computer chips.howeversothenbut120s