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Technical Design And Engineering
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1. A device that orbits the Earth and receives messages from one location and transmits them to another.
AMPLITUDE
COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY
SATELLITE
KINETIC ENERGY
2. A device capable of detecting (sensing) changes in its environment; light and movement are examples.
PRODUCTIVITY
TECHNOLOGY
GEOTHERMAL ENERGY
SENSORS
3. The money a business makes after all expenses have been paid
ENGINEERING
IMPACTS
ENERGY
PROFIT
4. The design of equipment and environments to promote human health - safety - and well- being; sometimes referred to as ergonomics.
HUMAN FACTORS ENGINEERING
FLUID POWER
SYNTHESIS
HOLOGRAPHY
5. The combination of knowledge of science - mathematics - technology - and communication to solve technology problems.
PRINCIPLES OF DESIGN
ENGINEERING
TEAM
ELECTROLYSis...
6. The formal rules that guide the design process.
PRINCIPLES OF DESIGN
FEEDBACK
TECHNOLOGY
CRITERIA
7. The comparison of the amount of goods produced (output) to the amount of resources (input) that produced them
ASSEMBLY LINE
HARD DISK
PRODUCTIVITY
SATELLITE
8. A method of obtaining energy from waste products
DIGITAL WORK FLOW
ALTERNATING CURRENT (AC)
FLUID POWER
BIO-CONVERSION
9. The use of lasers to record realistic images of three- dimensional objects.
TREND
HOLOGRAPHY
ENERGY
BRAINSTORMING
10. The act of putting different things together to form a new product or idea.
SYNTHESIS
ANALYSIS
TECHNOLOGY
ASSEMBLY LINE
11. The superimposition of sine waves on electromagnetic carrier waves.
OPTIMIZATION
TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT
MODULATION
SERIES CIRCUIT
12. The number of waves that pass through a given point in one second. It is commonly measured in a unit called hertz. 1Hz is equal to one complete wave cycle in one second.
ENERGY
CUSTOM PRODUCTION
FREQUENCY
CHARGE-COUPLED DEVICE (CCD)
13. The path by which a message travels from the sender to receiver.
IDENTITY THEFT
PRINCIPLES OF DESIGN
MODULATION
COMMUNICATION CHANNEL
14. Standards that a product must meet to be accepted.
CRITICAL THINKING
WORK
FREQUENCY
CRITERIA
15. The capacity to do work or exert effort.
KINETIC ENERGY
ENERGY
TEAM
POTENTIAL ENERGY
16. The passage of electric current through an electrolytic fluid for the purpose of separating molecules.
ELECTROLYSis...
SIMULATION
BIO-CONVERSION
ENGINEERING
17. The unlawful acquisition of some one's personal information for use without their consent.
CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT(CPU)
IDENTITY THEFT
NUCLEAR FISSION
SIMPLE MACHINES
18. A production process in which the part or product moves down a line from one station to the next while parts are added.
PARALLEL CIRCUITS
MECHANICAL ADVANTAGE
ASSEMBLY LINE
WORK
19. The long term storage mechanism of a computer. It holds the computer programs used for word processing - playing games - and other tasks.
HARD DISK
TEAM
SENSORS
BIO-CONVERSION
20. A very small solid state panel that contains light sensitive photo- sites or photo- diodes. The CCD uses the photo- sites to convert light into electrical signals transformed into an image.
CHARGE-COUPLED DEVICE (CCD)
RAPID PROTOTYPING
CRITERIA
LOAD
21. A specialized processor that resides directly on the motherboard of a computer. It can be thought as the brain of a computer. It processes the data; also referred to as a microprocessor or a 'computer within the computer.'
CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT(CPU)
DIGITAL WORK FLOW
BIO-CONVERSION
PRODUCTIVITY
22. Heat generated within the Earth as the result of the decay of radioactive materials beneath the Earth's crust.
FEEDBACK
TREND
GEOTHERMAL ENERGY
COMPUTER-AIDED DRAFTING (CAD)
23. The amount of resistance the power system must overcome or - alternatively - the amount of force output by the power system: also can be referred to as weight or pressure.
DESIGN
CIRCUIT
ENERGY
LOAD
24. The law that states that if the pressure of a gas increases - the volume decreases (provided that the temperature remains constant).
25. The effect of a system's processes and/or output on the systems environment. this effect can be either positive - negative - or in some cases both.
BIO-CONVERSION
FREQUENCY
IMPACTS
FEEDBACK
26. A unit that collects waves and decodes information contained within those waves.
OPTIMIZATION
RECEIVERS
ENGINEERING
MODULATION
27. A production system in which products are made one at a time according to customer's specifications.
CUSTOM PRODUCTION
TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT
ANALYSIS
GRAPHIC COMMUNICATIONS
28. Current flow in which electrons move in only one direction.
SYSTEM
COMMUNICATION CHANNEL
POWER
DIRECT CURRENT (DC)
29. Trade of products and services on a global scale.
GLOBAL MARKET
BRAINSTORMING
BIO-CONVERSION
PROFIT
30. Energy in motion.
KINETIC ENERGY
ALTERNATING CURRENT (AC)
DIGITAL WORK FLOW
COMMUNICATION CHANNEL
31. The act of breaking a particular subject into different parts to achieve clarity of understanding.
ANALYSIS
BIO-CONVERSION
ENTREPRENEUR
IMPACTS
32. In a computer - the primary circuit board to which all internal componnets are connected either directly or indirectly.
SATELLITE
MOTHERBOARD
NAFTA
NANOTECHNOLOGY
33. A wave created by electric and magnetic fields;it travels through the air like ripples in a pool of water.
SERIES CIRCUIT
ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES
IDENTITY THEFT
PARALLEL CIRCUITS
34. Creating things through the process of planning.
DESIGN
MODULATION
WORK
NAFTA
35. The use of pressurized liquid or gasses to control and transmit power.
CUSTOM PRODUCTION
FEEDBACK
SATELLITE
FLUID POWER
36. The use of computers in each stage of the design process.
GEOTHERMAL ENERGY
ANALYSIS
TECHNOLOGY
DIGITAL WORK FLOW
37. A language - used to write computer programs - that can easily be translated into machine language.
FEEDBACK
PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE
SYNTHESIS
CHARGE-COUPLED DEVICE (CCD)
38. The splitting of the nucleus of an atom.
MOTHERBOARD
NUCLEAR FISSION
AMPLITUDE
IDENTITY THEFT
39. A popular movement.
HARD DISK
TREND
FLUID POWER
SATELLITE
40. The use of a computer system to produce technical drawings and/or design a product.
BIO-CONVERSION
TEAM
COMPUTER-AIDED DRAFTING (CAD)
WORK
41. Someone who starts a business.
GRAPHIC COMMUNICATIONS
NUCLEAR FISSION
ENTREPRENEUR
IDENTITY THEFT
42. The use of force to act on an object in order to move move the object in the same direction as the force.
CHARGE-COUPLED DEVICE (CCD)
WORK
KINETIC ENERGY
FREQUENCY
43. The imitation - as closely as possible - of the real- life circumstances in which a solution is intended to be used.
SIMULATION
HUMAN FACTORS ENGINEERING
CONSTRAINTS
ENGINEERING
44. A circuit in which electricity flows along a single path to more than one device.
SENSORS
ASSEMBLY LINE
NUCLEAR FISSION
SERIES CIRCUIT
45. A group of people working together to accomplish a common goal.
ELECTROLYSis...
TEAM
CHARGE-COUPLED DEVICE (CCD)
CRITERIA
46. The technology field focused on sending messages and other in formation using different means.
CRITICAL THINKING
COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY
GRAPHIC COMMUNICATIONS
POTENTIAL ENERGY
47. An agreement that permits free trade among member nations. The decrease in trade barriers help manufacturers find larger markets for there product.
KINETIC ENERGY
NAFTA
DIRECT CURRENT (DC)
INTERMITTENT PRODUCTION
48. A device that creates a mechanical advantage. Complex machines are based on 6 simple machines in various combinations.
GEOTHERMAL ENERGY
ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES
SIMPLE MACHINES
PROFIT
49. The path by which electric current or pulses flow.
CIRCUIT
BOYLE'S LAW
MOTHERBOARD
ALTERNATING CURRENT (AC)
50. The capacity to do work or exert effort.
CUSTOM PRODUCTION
ASSEMBLY LINE
ENERGY
FLUID POWER