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Tech Ed 6
Chapter 1 Summary
Question | Answer |
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What do engineers and technology build | cars, high ways, buildings, bridges |
Technology makes use of | human knowledge |
what does human knowledge help convert | resources into goods and services |
what are goods and services | things that people need and want |
how do you make goods and services | converting resources |
what expands peoples natural abilities | technology |
what is an invention | the development of an entirely new device or product |
what is innovation | an improvement to a product or device |
what is engineering | the process of creating or modifying technologies |
what is the process of creating or modifying technologies | engineering |
the development of an entirely new device or product | invention |
an improvement to a product or device | innovation |
what do engineers design | devices, structures, or systems |
what must an engineers design meet | given performance |
what does science study | the natural world, earth, space and all living things not created by humans |
what does technology study | the human made world, buildings, bridges, communication systems, manufactured goods and all things that are the products of human creativity |
what are technologist not looking for | answers to questions about the natural world |
what are technologist looking to do | ways to make the natural world easier to live in |
what do technologist use | their knowledge and tools |
why do technologist use their knowledge and tools | to turn resources into goods and services that society needs or wants |
name 3 technologists | archtects, product designers, and technicians |
what do scientist try to do | understand things that occur in nature |
how do scientists do their work | by investigating the world around them |
scientific inquiry | the process by which scientist examine |
name three scientists | chemist, physicist, biologist |
what engineers create and design | they make the human made world and design artifacts and processes that never existed before |
do engineers actually construct the artifact | no they provide plans and direction for how the artifacts are to be constructed |
what size are artifacts | as small as a calculator or large as a bridge |
becomes new knowledge | what scientist discover |
how do engineers design new technologies | by adding to the knowledge and what they already know |
what do technologist construct and maintain | the products, structures, and systems that engineer design |
what is complex | the effect of technology |
using technology to solve problems often creates | other problems |
when we devise solutions to problems, there may be | unforeseen unwanted consequences |
technology can create | new challenges and may complicate our lives |