This field of engineering involves the design of the electrical systems, including power, control systems, and telecommunications, such as satallites
What is electrical engineering?
100
The goal of technology
What is to improve the way people live?
100
Any factor that limits a design
What is a constraint?
100
The material Iron age people used to make tools
What is iron?
200
A person who uses both science and technology to solve problems
What is an engineer?
200
This field of engineering consists of the design, construction, and testing of airplanes and spacecraft.
What is aerospace engineering?
200
Give an example of an obsolete technology
Answers may vary
200
An exchange in which one benefit is given up in order to obtain another
What is a trade-off?
200
The type of powered machines used in the Industrial Revolution
What are steam and water powered machines?
300
A process in which group members suggest any solutions that come to mind
What is brainstorming?
300
This field of engineering deals with the design, construction, and operation of machinery such as cars or personal transporters
What is mechanical engineering?
300
Technologies that are just beginning to become widely available
What are emerging technologies?
300
The process of analyzing a design problem and finding a way to fix it
What is troubleshooting?
300
These items allow people to share information quickly in the information age
What are satellites, cell phones, and computers?
400
A working model used to test a design
What is a prototype?
400
This field of engineering includes the design and construction of roads, bridges, and buildings
What is civil engineering?
400
The parts of technological system
What are goal, input, process, and feedback?
400
Art fry invented these
What are sticky notes?
400
Evaluating the possible problems, or risks, of a technology compared to the expected advantages, or benefits
What is risk-benefit analysis?
500
A legal document issued by a government that gives the inventor exclusive rights to make, use, or sell the invention over a certain period of time.
What is a patent?
500
This field of engineering involves applying engineering principles to biology and medicine
What is bioengineering?
500
Name all six areas of technology
What are transportation, manufacturing, biological and chemical, energy and power, communication, and construction?
500
The steps for designing technology
What are identifying a need, researching the problem, designing a solution, building a prototype, troubleshooting and redesigning, and communicating the solution?
500
The areas of consequences of technology
What are the environment, jobs, health and safety, energy, and pace of life?