1st Class Summative-Definition Flashcards
Agriculture
The raising of crops and animals for food, feed, fiber, fuel, or other useful products.
Artifact
A human-made object
Biotechnology
All the technology connected with plant and plant life.
Communication
The transmission of information through a common system of symbols, signs, behavior, speech, writing, or signals.
Construcion
The act or process of building, erecting, or constructing buildings, roads, or other structures.
Energy
The ability to work. Energy is one of the basic resources used by a technological system.
Engineering
Using technological and scientific knowledge to solve practical problems.
Environment
The surroundings in which a person, animal, or plant lives.
Ergonomics
The study of workplace equipment deign or how to arrange and design devices, machines, or work space so that people and things interact safely and most efficiently.
Industrial
Of, relating to, or resulting form industry.
Innovation
An improvement of an existing technological product, system, or method of doing something.
Invention
A new product, system, or process that has never existed before , created by study and experimentation.
Manufacturing
The process of making a raw material into a finished product; especially in large quantities.
Math
The science of patterns and order and the study of measurement, properties, and the relationships of quantities using numbers and symbols.
Nanotechnology
The science and technology of building devices, such as electronic circuits, from single atoms and molecules.
