System Components
A group of parts that work together to perform a specific task.
What is a system?
Physical systems and social systems
What are the two main types of systems?
A combination of systems that work together to produce goods and services.
What is an industry?
A basic system that makes work easier.
What are simple machines?
The ability to work.
What is energy?
Things we put into the system
The things or services that the system produces
What are inputs and outputs?
A group of physical parts that work together to perform a specific task
What is a physical system?
Physical systems: x-rays, stethoscopes, needles
Social systems: walk-in clinics, hospitals
What is the healthcare industry?
It is used to increase accessibility. Ex. Wheelchair ramp
What is an incline plane?
We input food and output energy and waste.
What is the digestive system?
a part of a subsystem that changes one type of force or action into another.
What is a mechanism?
Examples are flocks of birds, schools of fish, education systems, and health care.
What are social systems?
The government inputs funding and it outputs an educated population.
How does the education system work?
Output: moving the load
What is a lever?
Force of gravity= mass x strength of gravitational field
(Fg=mg)
What is the formula for gravity?
The ability to do something without wasting energy, effort, or raw materials.
What is efficiency?
Solar system, plate tectonics, water system.
What are natural systems?
The combustion engine is an innovation from this 1800's system.
What is the steam engine?
Used to join two things together.
What is a screw?
Work = force x distance
What is the work formula?
New idea or method
What is an innovation?
dishwashers, refrigerators, dryers, door openers,
What are automatic systems?
Physical systems: farm equipment, tractors, fertilizers
Social systems: supermarkets, farmer's markets
What is the agricultural industry?
Scissors and an axe
What is a wedge?
The formula to measure mechanical advantage
What is the force of the object divided by the force of the object with a simple machine?