What is Technology?

What is Technology?

I will be able to name different types of technology, examples and the impacts it has on society.

Technology

Comprised of the products and processes created by engineers to meet our needs and wants.

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The study of our human-made world.

• Technology

• Science

• Engineering

• Mathematics

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The study of our natural world.

• Science

• Technology

• Engineering

• Mathematics

Science fields of study

• Earth Science

• Biology

• Chemistry

• Astronomy

• Meteorology

• Quantum Physics

• Computer Science

Information Technology

The process of gathering and storing data to be used in various forms.

Information Technology

• Provides streamlined access to vast sources of information.

• Allows us to produce more accurate forms of communication.

• Includes expanded resource choices.

• Enables us to retrieve data in seconds.

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What is an example of information technology?

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What is a positive impact of information technology?

• Internet- The information is stored for easy access.

• Internet- Harder to distinguish between reliable and unreliable sources.

• Computers- Machines must be maintained and upgraded.

• Internet- Not everyone has equal access to this information.

Communication Technology

Giving or Exchanging Information

Communication Technology

• Provides streamlined publishing techniques and allows us to produce more accurate drawings.

• Includes expanded entertainment options.

• Enables us to contact people thousands of miles away.

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What is an example of communication technology?

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Select all the negative impacts of Communication Technology.

• Digital Phone Cameras- Allow you to edit and print only the pictures you like.

• Computers, Printers, Cameras- Make forgery and plagiarism easier.

• CAD- using a computer to generate more accurate drawings in a shorter period of time.

• Paper Usage- People tend to create and print more documents.

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Transforms living things into products or new forms of life.

• Communication Technology

• Agricultural Technology

• Biotechnology

• Information Technology

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Produces plants and animals for food, fiber, and fuel.

• Communication Technology

• Agricultural Technology

• Biotechnology

• Information Technology

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Select all:

Which of the technologies listed deal with living things.

• Communication Technology

• Agricultural Technology

• Biotechnology

• Information Technology

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Select all the positive impacts of Bio-related technology.

• Health- Improves quality of life, vitamins, vaccines, medications.

• Health- Side effects of some medications- nausea, shortness of breath, etc.

• Disease- Research on controlling and eliminating diseases.

• Disease- Not all cultures embrace use of vaccines and thus disease spreads.

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Select all the positive impacts of agricultural technology.

• Fertilizers- Can make Plants produce more food per acre.

• Food- More variety, healthier choices, processed so that it is safe and tastes good.

• Genetically Altered Crops- Potential for weeds and insects to mutate and become resistant.

• Fertilizers- Have found their way into ground water, polluting good drinking water.

Medical Technology

Creates tools to treat disease and injury.

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What is an example of medical technology?

Environmental Technology

Creates tools to minimize the effect of technology on the development of living things.

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What is an example of environmental technology?

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Select all the positive impacts of environmental technology.

• Recycling- Improves water and air quality.

• Recycling- Disposal of garbage is more complicated and time consuming.

• Disease- Reduce change of disease from pollution and chemicals.

• Wind Power- turbines threat to flying wildlife.

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Select all the negative impacts of environmental technology.

• Recycling- Improves water and air quality.

• Recycling- Disposal of garbage is more complicated and time consuming.

• Disease- Reduce change of disease from pollution and chemicals.

• Wind Power- turbines threat to flying wildlife.

Production Technology

The manufacturing of physical goods on an assembly line and the construction of structures on a job site.