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| Mechanical Advantage | the ratio of the force that performs the useful work of a machine to the force that is applied to the machine |
| Equation for Mechanical Advantage | MA = output force/input force |
| The study of technology should look at how the development of how technology affects humans at both the: | local level and global level |
| Innovations are the result of a series of refinements that have improved an invention overtime. This is the concept of: | technological evolution |
| Government helps inventors and innovators of technology protect and control the use of their ideas for a limited time by giving them a: | patent |
| The introduction of fast food restaurants into the American way of life has had both positive and negative impacts. One of the negative impacts is believed to be the increase in the number of people who are overweight. This is an example of a(n): | unintended effect |
| Thomas Edison's invention of the light bulb has affected every person's day to day life. This is a example of how technology has affected | society |
| Who primarily determines the value of a technology over time? | user and society |
| A coal fired power plant creates coal ash as a waste product. The container for coal ash unintentionally leaks into a river. What area has the leak affected most? | culture |
| What area tends to have a more direct effect on society because of its ability to both solve and create new problems? | technology |
| What resources are shared within a technological environment or across other fields often resulting in innovation? | ideas, knowledge, or skills |
| A new major highway is being planned to connect two small towns. Many of the towns people want the highway but have major concerns, as it would pass directly through a historical area. The towns people concerns are an example of how technology has affected | culture |
| Coal ash from a coal fired power plant has leaked into a nearby water system. The govenor and the legislature are crafting a new law that would provide cleaning of the water and proper disposal of the ash. The new law is an example of how technology has affected: | politics |
| During the Renaissance period, the technological development of items such as telescopes, microscopes, and thermometers greatly influenced progress in: | science |
| The use and production of stone tools occurred in which period of human history? | paleolithic |
| The printing press, magnetic compass, paper money, and the water wheel were invented during the: | middle ages |
| The period of human history that dramatically influenced the advancement of science through the development of instruments for measuring was the: | renaissance |
| What time period falls in between the bronze age and the middle ages? | iron age |
| An example of a subsystem in a car is: | suspension |
| Fundamental change in the technological world of the 21st century will most likely be accomplished using | systems thinking |
