When the edible parts of a crop is picked or when an animal is taken for conversion into food.
100
Explain the main purposes for the Technological Processes
Agriculture: Satisfies the need for nourishment (food)
Construction: Shelter
Manufacturing: Create Products to satisfy the consumer
Transportation: To move from one place to another
Medicine: For the well being (health)
Energy and Power: Heat, Light, and Motion
Communication: Giving and Receiving data and information.
What is involved with "Building the Superstructure"?
The frameworks is built and the pipelines are installed.
300
Define "Finishing".
When the surface of a particular part is coated or modified to protect it and/or make it more appealing to a customer.
300
Give three examples of civil structures.
Airports, Bridges, Highways, etc.
400
Name the four main modes of transportation
Land, Sea, Air, Space
400
Define Feedback
Using information from an output of a system (customer feedback) to regulate the system or its inputs to affect the output.
400
What are the three purposes of Medical Processes?
Treatment
Diagnosis
Prevention
400
List the 7 Technological Systems
Communication
Agriculture
Medicine
Construction
Transportation
Energy and Power
Manufacturing
400
Name all of the steps of Constructing a Building (all 7 in order)
Preparing the Site, Laying the Foundation, Building the Superstructure, Installing the Utilities, Enclosing the Superstructure, Completing the Structure, Servicing the Structure.
500
What is the first step of Constructing a Building?
Preparing the site.
500
What is the difference between graphic communication and telecommunication?
Graphic Communication is visual and two dimensional.
Telecommunication depends on electromagnetic waves (sound).
500
What are the four Transportation Systems
Structure
Control
Propulsion
Suspension
500
What needs do energy and power technologies satisfy?
Heat, Light, Motion
500
Name and Explain the four transportation systems.
Propulsion: When the vehicle creates motion through energy conversion and transmission.
Suspension: How the vehicle is maintained on the pathway.
Control: Changing the direction and speed and direction of the vehicle.
Guidance: Gathering and displaying information so a vehicle can stay on course.