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Unit B Review Games
Unit B - Nature of Technology
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| Invention | a new product, system or process that has never existed before |
| Innovation | An improvement of an existing product, system or method |
| Science | is about WHY things happen |
| Technology | involves the modifcation of natural environment in order to satisfy perceived human needs and wants |
| Technological Literacy | The ability to use, manage, understand and access technology |
| Engineering | Turns science and math into useful things |
| Open loop system | Input, process, output |
| Closed loop system | Input, process, output, feedback |
| Seven technology areas | medical, agriculture, energy & power, communication, transportation, manufacturing, construction |
| Negative outcomes | Problems caused by technology |
| Input | consists of the resources that flow into a technological system. ex. People, Time, Energy |
| Resources of Technology | People, Information, Time Capital, Materials, Tools & Machines, Energy |
| Process | Systematic sequence of actions that combine resources to produce an output |
| Output | The end result of the system |
| Feedback | The information used to monitor or control a system |
| Six Simple Machines | Lever, Inclided Plance, Wedge, Screw, Pulley, Wheel |
| Designed world | any man made object. ex houses, cars , clothes |
| Natural world | anything not man made. ex air, water, trees |
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Technology Teacher |
Martin GT Magnet Middle School |
| Raleigh, NC |
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