Biotechnology
This abbreviated version of this term is DNA.
What is deoxyribonucleic acid?
CAD stands for this.
What is Computer Aided Design?
This is the physical component of a computer.
What is the hardware?
What is force?
This Greek mathematician discovered the formula that is most often used today to determine the hypotenuse of a right triangle when given the lengths of the two sides.
Who is Pythagoras?
This is the process of producing individuals with identical or virtually identical DNA, either naturally or artificially.
What is cloning?
This field of engineering primarily involves on the construction of infrastructure and public services, including bridges and dams.
What is civil engineering?
This is the intangible component of the computer that involves programs.
What is the software?
This is the primary unit of measurement for work, indicated by the abbreviation (J).
What are joules?
Who is Euler?
Biofuels are this type of energy, meaning that they are not depleted when in use.
What is a renewable source of energy?
This is the science of the behavior of fluids, which is deeply connecting with most applications of engineering in real life. One example of where this field of science is applied is in the construction of dams.
What are hydraulics?
The abbreviation of this term is CPU. It refers to a silicon chip that processes data.
What is the central processing unit?
This is a grooved wheel with a rope or wire wrapped around it.
What is a pulley?
This German-born scientist developed the theory of relativity.
Who is Albert Einstein?
This is a medicine that helps to stop infections caused by bacteria. The word literally means "against life."
What is an antibiotic?
This is an adjective to describe a substance or material that is uniform in structure or composition throughout.
What is homogenous?
The abbreviation fo this term is RAM. It refers to chips on the motherboard that hold data while the computer is turned on.
What is random access memory?
This is the force exerted on an object when it is in contact with another object as it moves or tries to move.
What is friction?
This scientist is best known for his contributions to the design of the modern alternating current electricity supply system.
Who is Nikola Tesla?
This is a substance produced by a living organism which acts as a catalyst to bring about a specific biochemical reaction.
What is an enzyme?
This is a machining tool that uses a moving tool to remove materials from a rotating workpiece.
What is a lathe?
This measures the capacity of a network for carrying data.
What is the bandwidth?
This is the pivot point of a lever.
What is the fulcrum?
This English scholar born in 1791 is credited with originating the concept of a digital programmable computer.
Who is Charles Babbage?