Non-Renewable Energy
An extractive process involving injecting sand, water, or chemicals into a well to break up bedrock and free oil or gas reserves
Hydraulic fracturing
Early 20th century research on this insect suggested that genetic heredity was much more complicated than previously assumed
The name of the first computer network, developed by the U.S. Department of Defense
ARPANET
The French philosopher who wrote "Simulacra and Simulation"
Jean Baudrillard
This term refers to an estimate of the land area needed to support a society's consumption of resources and production of waste
Ecological footprint
Mountaintop removal is a mining process used in some U.S. states to extract this fossil fuel.
Coal
The American mechanical engineer whose ideas launched the scientific management movement
Frederick Winslow Taylor
The top social media platform used by teenagers in the U.S.
YouTube
This research uses cells found in human embryos to seek cures for chronic diseases
Embryonic stem cell research
The largest renewable source of electricity in the United States
Wind energy
True or False: A majority of the energy consumed in the U.S. is in the form of electricity
False
This theory, now acknowledged as pseudoscientific, suggests that abstract human qualities (like intelligence and morality) are the product of genetic inheritance
Eugenics
The leading information network on the internet, developed by researchers at CERN
The World Wide Web
A form of governance that involves using foresight to attempt to predict the possible outcomes of emerging technologies
A term referring to the number of people, living in a given manner, that a given environment can support indefinitely
Carrying capacity
This term refers to ecological harm in the form of emitting toxic substances into the environment
Environmental additions
This American company is known for implementing the principles of scientific management in its factories in the early 20th century
The Ford Motor Company
The name of the first smartphone released to the public
IBM's Simon Personal Communicator
Copies that generate a version of what is real that is separate from reality
Simulacra
The largest renewable source of primary energy in the United States
Biomass energy
The largest source of primary energy in the United States
Petroleum
The number of North Carolinians involuntarily sterilized between 1933 and 1973
7,600
The percentage of the global population that uses the internet
66%
A condition in which simulations of reality are experienced as more engaging than reality itself
Hyperreality
Renewable energy makes up this percentage of primary energy production in the United States
13%