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Introduction To Technology
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Instructions:
Answer 36 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. One of the basic resources used by technological systems. Information is data and facts that have been organized and communicated in a coherent and meaningful manner.
Evolution
Pollution
Information
Technological change
2. The successful transmission of information through a common system of symbols - signs - behavior - speech - writing - or signals.
Power
Communication
Environment
Evolution
3. (1) A simple device - such as a lever - a pulley - or an inclined plane - that alters the magnitude or direction - or both - of an applied force. (2) Devices designed to obtain the greatest amount of force from the energy used. (3) A device consistin
Construction
Power
Machines
Ethics
4. The study or system of human morality and conduct.
Controls
Advances
Ethics
Needs
5. A community - nation - or broad groups of people having common traditions - institutions - and collective activities and interests.
Innovation
Controls
Evolution
Society
6. (1) The amount of work done in a given period of time. (2) The source of energy or motive force by which a physical system or machine is operated.
Resources
Process
Knowledge
Power
7. Contamination of the environment that is the result of introducing harmful substances - such as noise or chemicals.
Impact
Pollution
Evolution
Technological change
8. Refers to something that can continue to be supported or held up in various circumstances.
Capital
Advances
Sustainable
Evolution
9. The necessity or requirements of a person.
Knowledge
Science
Needs
Technology
10. (1) Human activities used to create - invent - design - transform - produce - control - maintain - and use products or systems. (2) A systematic sequence of actions that combines resources to produce an output.
Communication
Process
Knowledge
Biotechnology
11. A device used by humans to complete a task.
System
Tool
Information
Power
12. An exchange of one thing in return for another; especially relinquishment of one benefit or advantage for another regarded as more desirable.
Desired
System
Knowledge
Trade- off
13. The process of making a raw material into a finished product; especially in large quantities
Manufacturing
Machines
Construction
Controls
14. (1) The innovation - change - or modification of the natural environment to satisfy perceived human needs and wants. (2) The generation of knowledge and processes to develop systems that solve problems and extend human capabilities.
Construction
Technology
Requirements
Science
15. The things needed to get a job done. In a technological system - the basic technological resources are energy - capital - information - machines and tools - materials - people - and time.
Science
Ethics
Information
Resources
16. A group of interacting - interrelated - or interdependent element or parts that function together as a whole to accomplish a goal.
Tool
System
Requirements
Capital
17. The ability to do work. Energy is one of the basic resources used by a technological system.
Energy
Capital
Process
Requirements
18. The progress or improvements made that increase the value of things being developed
Construction
Technology
Advances
Desired
19. The external conditions or surroundings that affect the quality of plant - animal - and human life.
Evolution
Invention
Environment
Requirements
20. An arrangement of chemical - electronic - electrical - and mechanical components that commands or directs the management of a system.
Controls
Advances
Tool
Evolution
21. The effect or influence of one thing on another. Some impacts are anticipated - and others are unanticipated.
Impact
Biotechnology
Transportation
Knowledge
22. The process by which passengers or goods are moved or delivered from one place to another.
Machines
Biotechnology
Communication
Transportation
23. The byproducts or outcomes of a decision or idea.
Requirements
Transportation
Consequences
Technological change
24. Any source of wealth that is used to expand or improve a product or process.
Power
Knowledge
Pollution
Capital
25. (1) The body of truth - information - and principles acquired by humankind. (2) Interpreted information that can be used.
Needs
Communication
Knowledge
Technology
26. The parameters placed on the development of a product or system. The requirements include the safety needs - the physical laws that will limit the development of an idea - the available resources - the cultural norms - and the use of criteria and con
Requirements
Advances
Impact
Machines
27. The raising of crops and animals for food - feed - fiber - fuel - or other useful products.
Process
Requirements
Invention
Agricultural
28. To express a wish for - request - want - or anticipation.
Environment
System
Biotechnology
Desired
29. The systematic act or process of building - erecting - or constructing buildings - roads - or other structures.
Impact
Advances
Pollution
Construction
30. Any technique that uses living organisms - or parts of organisms - to make or modify products - improve plants or animals - or to develop microorganisms for specific uses.
Needs
Evolution
Biotechnology
Energy
31. Of - or relating to - or resulting from industry.
Industrial
Requirements
Sustainable
Advances
32. A transformation that is prompted or initiated by an improvement or application of knowledge that has been developed to satisfy needs - solve problems - and increase our capabilities.
Technology
Technological change
Knowledge
Consequences
33. The study of the natural world through observation - identification - description - experimental investigation - and theoretical explanations.
Requirements
Science
Resources
Society
34. A new product - system - or process that has never existed before - created by study and experimentation.
Sustainable
Invention
Environment
Ethics
35. The process of change over a period of time - such as the adaptation in living organisms to new environments or the improvement of products.
Advances
Environment
Agricultural
Evolution
36. An improvement of an existing technological product - system - or method of doing something.
Environment
Agricultural
Construction
Innovation