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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.
Society
Process
Science
Information
2. 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
Technological change
Invention
Requirements
Trade- off
3. To express a wish for - request - want - or anticipation.
Desired
Information
Science
Process
4. Refers to something that can continue to be supported or held up in various circumstances.
Science
Sustainable
Environment
Technological change
5. An exchange of one thing in return for another; especially relinquishment of one benefit or advantage for another regarded as more desirable.
Invention
Advances
Trade- off
Tool
6. The raising of crops and animals for food - feed - fiber - fuel - or other useful products.
Agricultural
System
Information
Society
7. Of - or relating to - or resulting from industry.
Science
System
Industrial
Tool
8. The successful transmission of information through a common system of symbols - signs - behavior - speech - writing - or signals.
Trade- off
Manufacturing
Tool
Communication
9. A new product - system - or process that has never existed before - created by study and experimentation.
Energy
Science
Consequences
Invention
10. The necessity or requirements of a person.
Power
Advances
Desired
Needs
11. (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
Pollution
Machines
System
Controls
12. The progress or improvements made that increase the value of things being developed
Environment
Controls
Advances
Sustainable
13. The ability to do work. Energy is one of the basic resources used by a technological system.
Needs
Industrial
Energy
Technological change
14. The process of making a raw material into a finished product; especially in large quantities
Pollution
Energy
Manufacturing
Technological change
15. (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.
Impact
Innovation
Needs
Power
16. The systematic act or process of building - erecting - or constructing buildings - roads - or other structures.
Construction
Knowledge
Technology
Communication
17. 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.
Environment
Manufacturing
Resources
Transportation
18. The effect or influence of one thing on another. Some impacts are anticipated - and others are unanticipated.
Transportation
Technological change
Manufacturing
Impact
19. The byproducts or outcomes of a decision or idea.
Technological change
Industrial
Consequences
Biotechnology
20. 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.
Impact
Technological change
Agricultural
Power
21. A community - nation - or broad groups of people having common traditions - institutions - and collective activities and interests.
Tool
Needs
Technological change
Society
22. An improvement of an existing technological product - system - or method of doing something.
Impact
Innovation
Consequences
Energy
23. A device used by humans to complete a task.
Resources
Tool
Pollution
Ethics
24. The study or system of human morality and conduct.
Energy
Ethics
Environment
Desired
25. The study of the natural world through observation - identification - description - experimental investigation - and theoretical explanations.
Innovation
Transportation
Capital
Science
26. 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.
Evolution
Transportation
Biotechnology
Sustainable
27. (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.
Technology
Invention
Ethics
Transportation
28. Any source of wealth that is used to expand or improve a product or process.
Construction
Capital
Biotechnology
Impact
29. An arrangement of chemical - electronic - electrical - and mechanical components that commands or directs the management of a system.
Technological change
Controls
Capital
Invention
30. The process by which passengers or goods are moved or delivered from one place to another.
Evolution
Ethics
Transportation
Invention
31. The external conditions or surroundings that affect the quality of plant - animal - and human life.
Capital
Environment
Power
System
32. A group of interacting - interrelated - or interdependent element or parts that function together as a whole to accomplish a goal.
System
Capital
Evolution
Impact
33. Contamination of the environment that is the result of introducing harmful substances - such as noise or chemicals.
Ethics
Society
System
Pollution
34. (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.
Needs
Innovation
Science
Process
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.
Evolution
Consequences
Society
Construction
36. (1) The body of truth - information - and principles acquired by humankind. (2) Interpreted information that can be used.
Capital
Consequences
Manufacturing
Knowledge