| Question | Answer |
| Technology | makes use of human knowledge to convert resources into goods and services that people need and want. |
| Transportation | the way humans move goods/products and people from one place to another |
| Examples of Transportation | land- car, train
water- boat
air- airplane |
| Communication | the process of sending any type of message |
| Two areas of communication | oral- speaking
graphic- text |
| 3 requirements of effective communication | 1. sending a message
2. having it received
3. having it understood |
| manufacturing | the process of making goods/products by hand or machine |
| 2 types of manufacturing | 1. handcrafted- method of making one at a time from start to finish. High quality, low quantity.
2. Mass production- production of goods in large quantities by group of workers n factories. Usually on an assembly line. High quantity, low quality. |
| Energy/Power | the way humans create, store, convert and transmit energy |
| 3 types of energy resources | 1. renewable
2. non-renewable
3. unlimited resources |
| Bio-Technology | Uses knowledge about living things to meet human needs |
| 2 areas of Bio-technology | 1. medical- artificial heart
2. agricultural- genetically engineering food |
| construction | the way humans build structures on site |
| 3 types of construction | 1. resdential- build places where people live (homes, apartments)
2. Commercial- methods that are used to build stores, malls, factories, and churches
3. Civil- creates large structures for public use (hospital, schools, roads, bridges) |
| 3 structural pieces of the TOP activity | 1. Columns- vertical supports
2. beams- horizontal supports
3. braces- diagonal supports |
| 6 systems of Technology | 1. Transportation
2. Communication
3. Manufacturing
4. Energy/Power
5. Bio-Technology
6. Construction |
