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_____ refers to how people change the world around them to meet their needs or to solve problems.
What is TECHNOLOGY?
100
A product may become _____ if it is no longer used.
What is OBSOLETE?
100
All _____ are made of parts that work together.
What are SYSTEMS?
100
An _____ is a person who is trained to use both technology and science to solve problems.
What is an ENGINEER?
100
A _____ is an exchange in which one benefit is given up in order to get another.
What is TRADE-OFF?
200
The goal of technology is to _____.
What is IMPROVE THE WAY PEOPLE LIVE?
200
_____ technologies are those that are being used now.
What is CURRENT?
200
A technological system includes a _____, inputs, _____, outputs, and (sometimes) feedback.
What is a GOAL and PROCESSES?
200
The first step in the technology design process is to _____.
What is IDENTIFY THE NEED?
200
A _____ is a working model used to test a design.
What is PROTOTYPE?
300
_____ is the study of the natural world in order to understand how it works.
What is SCIENCE?
300
_____ technologies are those that are just beginning to become widely available.
What is EMERGING?
300
Technological systems are designed to achieve a particular _____, or purpose.
What is GOAL?
300
After defining the problem (i.e., identifying the need), engineers need to _____ it fully by gathering information that will help them in their tasks.
What is RESEARCH?
300
The process of analyzing a design problem and finding a way to fix it is called _____.
What is TROUBLESHOOTING?
400
_____ uses the knowledge gained in science to modify (or change) the natural world.
What is TECHNOLOGY?
400
Because emerging technologies are so new, they tend to be expensive and _____.
What is MAY NOT WORK PERFECTLY?
400
The _____ is a sequence of actions that the system goes through in order to reach the goal.
What is PROCESS?
400
_____ is a process in which group members freely throw out ideas on how a problem might be solved.
What is BRAINSTORMING?
400
The last stage of the technology design process is _____.
What is COMMUNICATING THE SOLUTION?
500
Advances in science and technology _____ on one another.
What is DEPEND?
500
Some old technologies _____ along with current ones because they still fulfill people's needs.
What is COEXIST?
500
_____ is information a system uses to check that everthing is working properly.
What is FEEDBACK?
500
A _____ is any factor that can place limits or restrictions on a design.
What is CONSTRAINT?
500
A _____ is a legal document that gives an inventor the right to make, use, or sell the invention for a limited time.
What is PATENT?
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