Instinct & Technology
DNA, Change & Technology
Artifacts
Natural Selection
100
What technologies have been created in reaction to the human instinct of hunger?
Stoves, microwaves, fridges, ovens, toasters, etc.
100
What new technologies has urbanization lead to?
Mass communication systems (Fabebook, internet, phones, etc) and transportation (cars, trucks, buses, etc).
100
What, according to the article 'Technology: A Natural Process', is an artifact?
Extensions of our own natural abilities that enhance and progress our ability to adapt.
100
Define natural selection.
Organisms that have advantageous traits are more likely to live to breed and pass on their traits.
200
What technologies have been created in reaction to the human instinct of self defense/fear?
Guns, bombs, radar, etc.
200
What kind of technologies were created to improve eyesight?
Glasses, laser eye surgery, contacts, etc.
200
What replaced cave drawing and primitive ways to document information?
The internet.
200
What's used in a belief based system?
Faith.
300
What human instinct prompted us to create things like cell phones, Facebook and Snapchat?
Social/group/herd/loneliness instinct.
300
Bombs, fighter planes, jets and guns were created because of what social event?
War.
300
The fridge and freezer are examples of technology created for what primitive need?
Preserving food in times of scarcity.
300
What's used in a fact based system?
Evidence.
400
What technologies have we created to assist with the instinct of reproduction?
In vitro, hormone therapy, etc.
400
What kind of technologies were created to prevent/treat diseases?
Vaccines, medication, x-ray machines, etc.
400
Fire had many uses to primitive man. What technologies have we created to mimic and improve it's usefulness?
Thermostats, stoves, electricity, lamps, etc.
400
True or False - Natural select applies to individuals.
False - It applies to populations.
500
What biological change in humans lead to things like braces and retainers?
Teeth shifting.
500
TV has replaced what original method of story telling?
Word of mouth, cave drawings, etc.
500
Give an example of natural selection in the animal world.
Moths, Darwin's finches, etc.
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