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Invention and Innovation Midterm Practice

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TechnologyThe use of knowledge to turn resources in to goods and services that extend our capabilities.
EngineeringThe systematic application of mathematical, scientific, and technical principles produces tangible end products that meet our needs and desires.
Engineering Design ProcessDefining the Challenge Explore Ideas Plan & Develop Test Idea Present the Solution
PrototypeA full size working model.
ResourcesPeople, Information, Materials, Energy, Tools and Machines, Capital, and Time.
InnovationThe process of altering an existing product or system to improve it.
InventionCreation of a new and unique product.
BrainstormingA group problem-solving design process in which each person in the group presents his or her ideas in an open forum.
ConstraintsWhat resources are available?
Information AgePersonal computers, cell phones, and portable electronic devices are tools used in this technological age.
Industrial RevolutionA period of time from the 18th to the 19th century where major changes in agriculture, manufacturing, mining, transportation, and technology advanced human knowledge and expansion.
Inclined PlaneA slanted surface used to raise an object.
WedgeAn inclined plane which moves.
ScrewAn inclined plane wrapped around a cylinder to form a spiral.
LeverA bar that pivots on a fulcrum.
WheelA lever that rotates in a circle around a center point or fulcrum.
PulleyA chain, belt or rope wrapped around a wheel.
FaceAny surface of an object
ExtrusionA push or pull on any shape or a face of an object
OriginThe intersection of the X, Y, and Z Axes.
X AxisColored Red in Google Sketchup.
Y AxisColored Green in Google Sketchup
Z AxisColored Blue in Google Sketchup
RadiusHalf the measure of the diameter of a circle
DiameterThe line that runs through the center of a circle and connects to opposite points on the circle.



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