A group of interelated parts that work together to produce a desired result.
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What size does a system have to be?
Any imaginable size
100
What period lasted from 1 million B.C to about 3000 B.C?
Stone age
100
Which invention is a channel built to carry water?
Aqueduct
100
What does optimization mean?
It means the process of choosing alternatives to make the solution work as well as it can
200
What is the iron age?
the era when iron came into common use
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What do all systems use or involve?
Resources
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How many periods of early history are there?
3
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What is the time people lived mostly off land called?
Agriculture Era
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What is processes?
A series of steps by which resources are changed into desired products.
300
What is a trade-off?
An exchange of one option in order to gain a better option
300
Does a systems size affect its complexity?
No it does not
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which age used smelting?
The iron age
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Who built the Aqueducts?
The Romans
300
What is an alloy?
A mixture of two or more metals
400
What is technology?
Technology is something that makes use of human knowledge to convert resources into the goods and services that people need.
400
Are the parts in a system related or interrelated?
The parts are interrelated
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Which age lasted from about 3000 B.C to about 1200 B.C?
Bronze age
400
Why did people develop irrigation systems?
To bring water to dry soil and increase plant production.
400
When was Apple II invented?
1978
500
What is a hybrid-electric vehicle?
A car that combines the engine of a conventional vehicle with the battery and a electric motor of an electric vehicle, allowing it to achieve twice the fuel economy of a conventional car.
500
What are the requirements of a system?
The features that define the performance of a system.