True or False, technology helps farmers grow crops?
True
100
What do loggers use an ax for?
to help cut down trees
100
What kitchen tool should an older person help you use?
A knife
100
True or false, simple machines are tools that make work easier?
True
100
What technology can you use to hear the news?
a radio, television, a computer, radio, or the newspaper
200
A harvester helps a farmer do what?
pick corn
200
How has technology helped loggers?
They are able to cut down trees quicker and more easily.
200
What does a trivet do?
Helps to keep a pot from burning a table.
200
What do a lever, a pulley, and an inclined plane help people do?
Lift things
200
True or false, it is faster to mail a letter than to email a letter?
false
300
A plow helps a farmer get the _______ ready for planting. (Hint: It is one of your spelling words)
Soil
300
What does a screw do?
holds two boards together
300
A spatula helps to?
Lift hot food from a pan.
300
What simple machine does a wheelbarrow have?
a wheel and axle
300
How do firefighters use technology?
They use a computer to help them know where the fire is.
400
Where does the corn your family buys at the store come from?
farm crops
400
How does a log get from the woods to Lowes?
A logger cuts the tree down, loads it into a truck, and takes it to the saw mill. At the saw mill the log is debarked, cut into boards, put into piles to dry, and shipped to the store.
400
True or false, technology helps us in the kitchen?
True
400
Name two kinds of simple machines?
a wedge, wheel and axle, screw, a lever, a pulley, and an inclined plane.
400
What technology can help you take pictures of your friends?
A digital camera
500
What does a farmer use a seed drill for?
to help plant seeds faster
500
Where are logs made into boards?
at the sawmill.
500
What does a grater do?
Helps you cut cheese into small pieces.
500
A pulley helps move things ______ and ______.
up and down
500
What technology can you use to communicate with your friends and family?