Chapter 4 - Technology and Engineering Flashcards
How people modify the world around them to meet their needs or to solve practical problems.
technology
A person who uses both technological and scientific knowledge to solve practical problems.
engineer
No longer in use.
obselete
Purpose.
goal
A process in which group members freely suggest any creative solutions that come to mind.
brainstorming
Any factor that limits a decision.
constraint
An exchange in which one benefit is given up in order to obtain another.
trade-off
A working model used to test a design.
prototype
The process of analyzing a design problem and finding a way to fix it.
troubleshooting
A legal document issued by a government that gives an inventor exclusive rights to make, use, or sell an invention for a limited time.
patent
The process of evaluating the possible problems of a technology compared to the expected advantages.
risk-benefit analysis
The application of science to satisfy needs or solve problems.
engineering
The branch of engineering that involves applying engineering principles to biology and medicine.
bioengineering
The branch of engineering that consists of the design, construction, and testing of airplanes and spacecraft.
aerospace engineering
The branch of engineering that involves applying engineering principle to the design, construction and operation of machines with moving parts.
mechanical engineering
The branch of engineering that involves applying engineering principles to the construction of buildings, bridges, and other similar projects.
civil engineering
The branch of engineering that involves applying engineering principles to the making of different materials and substances with chemistry.
chemical engineering
The branch of engineering that involves applying engineering principles to the production and use of electricity in complex systems.
electrical engineering
To make happy; to solve a problem.
satisfy
A estimate, a close guess based on evidence.
approximation
A single number.
digit
To carefully look at the evidence and consider its meaning and relation to other evidence.
analyzing
To control or be inside of a space.
occupy
To change something in a planned way.
modify
Realistic and useful, not something made just to be pretty or fun.
Practical
A series of steps in a system that arrives at a result.
Process
How people modify the world around them to solve practical problems.
Technology
An original idea, object, or process.
Invention
The effect that someone or something has on the world.
Impact
A tool or machine that performs a certain job or function.
Device
Something that a tool or device or person is used to do.
Function
No longer used.
Obsolete
What you are trying to do, a purpose.
Goal
A process in which group members freely suggest any creative solutions that come to mind.
Brainstorming
Any factor that limits a decision.
Constraint
條件
Factor
An exchange in which one benefit is given up in order to obtain another.
Trade-off
交換
Exchange
利益
Benefit
A working model used to test a design.
Prototype
模型
Model
設計
Design
技術
technology
工程師
engineer
陳舊
obselete
目標
purpose
約束
constraint
權衡
trade-off
原型
prototype
故障排除
troubleshooting
專利
patent
風險收益分析
risk-benefit analysis
工程
engineering
生物工程
bioengineering
航天工程
aerospace engineering
機械工程
mechanical engineering
土木工程
civil engineering
化工
chemical engineering
電氣工程
electrical engineering
滿足
satisfy
近似
approximation
數字
digit
分析
analyzing
佔據
occupy
something that can suck in a lot of water.
superabsorbent
a small (1-10mm) solid thing
pellet
let water or gas in or out where it shouldn’t go.
leak
to be like rubber: soft and bouncy
rubbery
layers of paper or cloth that protect
wadding
a group of many different kinds of something
variety
a spaceship without people that orbits the Earth
satellite
what something is made from
material
To be far away
distant
to live in a new place; probably forever
settle
to be far from everything; out of contact
isolated
not changing
stable
The era from 1780’s to 1900. When machines took over most work from humans and animals.
Industrial Revolution
Any solid material that is ground into pieces so small that they fly in the air, like flour.
powder
a kind of fabric made from flowers
cotton
Another word for cloth.
textile
chemicals to kill insects and other bugs
pesticides
intended
wanted
A huge change in how things are done.
revolution
consequence
what happens in the end because of something that happened before
food we grow
crops
to cut the earth for planting crops
plow
Any solid material that is ground into pieces so small that they fly in the air, like flour.
powder
A job where people make cloth.
weaver
Another word for cloth
textile
A machine that cuts the ground so you can plant food crops.
plow
A small hand shovel.
spade
A huge change in how things are done
revolution
