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KimWrice

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Which term is analogous to futures research?
 
  a. Futuristics
  b. Futurology
  c. Foresightology
  d. Rationalistics

Question 2

Which two events led to the expansion of the field of nanotechnology?
 
  a. A lecture titled There's Plenty of Room at the Bottom and development of carbon nanotubes
  b. Creation of the Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies and use of quantum dots
  c. Development of the subdisciplines of nanofabrication and nanomedicine
  d. Invention of the scanning tunneling microscope and the discovery of fullerenes



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Answer to Question 1

ANS: B
Futures research, or futurology, refers to the study of the future with the goal of identifying possible, probable, and preferable futures. The remaining terms do not exist.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: D
The invention of the scanning tunneling microscope and the discovery of fullerenes were the two events that led to the expansion of the field of nanotechnology.





 

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