Chapter 4 - Technology and Engineering

Question 1

How people modify the world around them to meet their needs or to solve practical problems.

Answer 1

technology

Question 2

A person who uses both technological and scientific knowledge to solve practical problems.

Answer 2

engineer

Question 3

No longer in use.

Answer 3

obselete

Question 4

Purpose.

Answer 4

goal

Question 5

A process in which group members freely suggest any creative solutions that come to mind.

Answer 5

brainstorming

Question 6

Any factor that limits a decision.

Answer 6

constraint

Question 7

An exchange in which one benefit is given up in order to obtain another.

Answer 7

trade-off

Question 8

A working model used to test a design.

Answer 8

prototype

Question 9

The process of analyzing a design problem and finding a way to fix it.

Answer 9

troubleshooting

Question 10

A legal document issued by a government that gives an inventor exclusive rights to make, use, or sell an invention for a limited time.

Answer 10

patent

Question 11

The process of evaluating the possible problems of a technology compared to the expected advantages.

Answer 11

risk-benefit analysis

Question 12

The application of science to satisfy needs or solve problems.

Answer 12

engineering

Question 13

The branch of engineering that involves applying engineering principles to biology and medicine.

Answer 13

bioengineering

Question 14

The branch of engineering that consists of the design, construction, and testing of airplanes and spacecraft.

Answer 14

aerospace engineering

Question 15

The branch of engineering that involves applying engineering principle to the design, construction and operation of machines with moving parts.

Answer 15

mechanical engineering

Question 16

The branch of engineering that involves applying engineering principles to the construction of buildings, bridges, and other similar projects.

Answer 16

civil engineering

Question 17

The branch of engineering that involves applying engineering principles to the making of different materials and substances with chemistry.

Answer 17

chemical engineering

Question 18

The branch of engineering that involves applying engineering principles to the production and use of electricity in complex systems.

Answer 18

electrical engineering

Question 19

To make happy; to solve a problem.

Answer 19

satisfy

Question 20

A estimate, a close guess based on evidence.

Answer 20

approximation

Question 21

A single number.

Answer 21

digit

Question 22

To carefully look at the evidence and consider its meaning and relation to other evidence.

Answer 22

analyzing

Question 23

To control or be inside of a space.

Answer 23

occupy

Question 24

To change something in a planned way.

Answer 24

modify

Question 25

Realistic and useful, not something made just to be pretty or fun.

Answer 25

Practical

Question 26

A series of steps in a system that arrives at a result.

Answer 26

Process

Question 27

How people modify the world around them to solve practical problems.

Answer 27

Technology

Question 28

An original idea, object, or process.

Answer 28

Invention

Question 29

The effect that someone or something has on the world.

Answer 29

Impact

Question 30

A tool or machine that performs a certain job or function.

Answer 30

Device

Question 31

Something that a tool or device or person is used to do.

Answer 31

Function

Question 32

No longer used.

Answer 32

Obsolete

Question 33

What you are trying to do, a purpose.

Answer 33

Goal

Question 34

A process in which group members freely suggest any creative solutions that come to mind.

Answer 34

Brainstorming

Question 35

Any factor that limits a decision.

Answer 35

Constraint

Question 36

條件

Answer 36

Factor

Question 37

An exchange in which one benefit is given up in order to obtain another.

Answer 37

Trade-off

Question 38

交換

Answer 38

Exchange

Question 39

利益

Answer 39

Benefit

Question 40

A working model used to test a design.

Answer 40

Prototype

Question 41

模型

Answer 41

Model

Question 42

設計

Answer 42

Design

Question 43

技術

Answer 43

technology

Question 44

工程師

Answer 44

engineer

Question 45

陳舊

Answer 45

obselete

Question 46

目標

Answer 46

purpose

Question 47

約束

Answer 47

constraint

Question 48

權衡

Answer 48

trade-off

Question 49

原型

Answer 49

prototype

Question 50

故障排除

Answer 50

troubleshooting

Question 51

專利

Answer 51

patent

Question 52

風險收益分析

Answer 52

risk-benefit analysis

Question 53

工程

Answer 53

engineering

Question 54

生物工程

Answer 54

bioengineering

Question 55

航天工程

Answer 55

aerospace engineering

Question 56

機械工程

Answer 56

mechanical engineering

Question 57

土木工程

Answer 57

civil engineering

Question 58

化工

Answer 58

chemical engineering

Question 59

電氣工程

Answer 59

electrical engineering

Question 60

滿足

Answer 60

satisfy

Question 61

近似

Answer 61

approximation

Question 62

數字

Answer 62

digit

Question 63

分析

Answer 63

analyzing

Question 64

佔據

Answer 64

occupy

Question 65

something that can suck in a lot of water.

Answer 65

superabsorbent

Question 66

a small (1-10mm) solid thing

Answer 66

pellet

Question 67

let water or gas in or out where it shouldn't go.

Answer 67

leak

Question 68

to be like rubber: soft and bouncy

Answer 68

rubbery

Question 69

layers of paper or cloth that protect

Answer 69

wadding

Question 70

a group of many different kinds of something

Answer 70

variety

Question 71

a spaceship without people that orbits the Earth

Answer 71

satellite

Question 72

what something is made from

Answer 72

material

Question 73

To be far away

Answer 73

distant

Question 74

to live in a new place; probably forever

Answer 74

settle

Question 75

to be far from everything; out of contact

Answer 75

isolated

Question 76

not changing

Answer 76

stable

Question 77

The era from 1780's to 1900. When machines took over most work from humans and animals.

Answer 77

Industrial Revolution

Question 78

Any solid material that is ground into pieces so small that they fly in the air, like flour.

Answer 78

powder

Question 79

a kind of fabric made from flowers

Answer 79

cotton

Question 80

Another word for cloth.

Answer 80

textile

Question 81

chemicals to kill insects and other bugs

Answer 81

pesticides

Question 82

intended

Answer 82

wanted

Question 83

A huge change in how things are done.

Answer 83

revolution

Question 84

consequence

Answer 84

what happens in the end because of something that happened before

Question 85

food we grow

Answer 85

crops

Question 86

to cut the earth for planting crops

Answer 86

plow

Question 87

Any solid material that is ground into pieces so small that they fly in the air, like flour.

Answer 87

powder

Question 88

A job where people make cloth.

Answer 88

weaver

Question 89

Another word for cloth

Answer 89

textile

Question 90

A machine that cuts the ground so you can plant food crops.

Answer 90

plow

Question 91

A small hand shovel.

Answer 91

spade

Question 92

A huge change in how things are done

Answer 92

revolution