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PSSA Vocabulary 3
PSSA Vocab
Term | Definition |
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Technology Design Process | Recognizing the problem, proposing a solution, implementing the solution, evaluating the solution and communicating the problem, design and solution. |
Technology Education | The application of tools, materials, processes and systems to solve problems and extend human capabilities. |
System | A group of related objects that work together to achieve a desired result. Closed Loop system: A group of related objects that have feedback and can modify themselves.Open Loop system: A group of related objects that do not have feedback and cannot |
Physical technology | The ways that humans construct, manufacture and transport products. |
Tool | Any device used to extend human capability including computer-based tools. |
Commodities | Economic goods or products before they are processed and/or given a brand name, such as a product of agriculture. |
Transportation Systems | A group of related parts that function together to perform a major task in any form of transportation. |
Information Technology | The technical means that humans create to store and transmit information. |
Instructional technology | Any mechanical aid (including computer technology) used to assist in or enhance the process of teaching and learning. |
Manufacturing technology | The ways that humans produce goods and products. |
Biomedical technology | The application of health care theories to develop methods, products and tools to maintain or improve homeostasis. |
Construction technology | The ways that humans build structures on sites. |
Transportation Technology | The physical ways humans move materials, goods and people. |
Geological hazard | A naturally occurring or man-made condition or phenomenon that presents a risk or is a potential danger to life and property (e.g., landslides, floods, earthquakes, ground subsidence, coastal and beach erosion, |
Geological map | A representation of a region on which is recorded earth information (e.g., the distribution, nature and age relationships of rock units and the occurrences of structural features, mineral deposits and fossil localities). |
Delineate | To trace the outline; to draw; to sketch; to depict or picture. |
Desalinization | To remove salts and other chemicals from sea or saline water. |
Electronic Communication | System for the transmission of information using electronic technology (e.g., digital cameras, cellular telephones, Internet, television, fiber optics). |