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Tech Ed 6
Chapter 1 Summary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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 |
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