2. THIS IS
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3. Jeopardy
History of
Computers
Parts of a Computer
Moore’s Law
Circuits
The NXT
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4. This part of a circuit pushes the electrons

5. What is a power source?
A 100

6. This part of a circuit does something useful for you

7. What is a load?
A 200

8. This type of material acts like either a conductor or an insulator, depending on the conditions

9. What is a semiconductor?

10. A high voltage power line

11. What is an example of a conducting path?

12. A semiconductor light which only lets electrons travel in one direction

13. (Light Emitting Diode)?
What is a LED
(Light Emitting Diode)?
A 500

14. An abacus and a slide rule

15. What are two examples of non-electronic calculating devices?
B 100

16. The four reasons computers stopped being made of vacuum tubes

17. What are big, hot, flakey and expensive?

18. A semiconductor switch, with no moving parts, that started the computer revolution
B 300

19. What is a transistor?
B 300

20. The technical name for a computer chip
B 400

21. What is integrated circuit?
B 400

22. The most complex computer chip inside every computer
B 500

23. What is the microprocessor?
B 500

24. The four parts of a computer

25. What are input, output, processor and storage?

26. Mechanical drives and memory chips

27. What are the two types of storage devices?

28. A mechanical drive that does not use a magnetic surface

29. What is a CD/DVD drive?
C 300

30. DAILY DOUBLE
DAILY DOUBLE
Place A Wager
C 400

31. RAM, ROM and Flash
C 400

32. What the three types of memory chips?

33. Firmware and software
C 500

34. What is stored in Flash memory?
C 500

35. The three ways in which Moore’s Law improves electronic products

36. What are better, faster, cheaper?
D 100

37. According to Moore’s Law, the number of these doubles periodically

38. What are transistors on a computer chip?
D 200

39. Two years
D 300

40. What is the length of time it takes to double the number of transistors on a computer chip?

41. Over $10M
D 400

42. How much money do you end up with if your double a penny just 30 times?

43. Over fifty years
D 500

44. How long has Moore’s Law been in effect?
D 500

45. The NXT Brick buttons and the touch sensor

46. What are two examples of switches in a NXT circuit?

47. Three ways to power the NXT Brick

48. What are AA batteries, rechargeable batteries and the AC adaptor?

49. Two semiconductors in the NXT Brick

50. What are internal computer chips and the LCD screen?

51. Rotation and degrees
E 400

52. What are the two View Mode options for the NXT motor?

53. These two NXT components can be used as both an input and an output

54. What are the motor and the NXT Brick?

55. F 100

56. ?
F 100

57. F 200

58. ?
F 200

59. F 300

60. ?
F 300

61. F 400

62. ?
F 400

63. F 500

64. ?
F 500

65. The Final Jeopardy Category is: Moore’s Law Please record your wager.
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66. Click on screen to continue
According to Moore’s Law, the number of transistors on a chip in 2019, if it has 2 billion transistors on it today
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67. Click on screen to continue
What is 32 Billion?
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