Handbook 2; Design and Function

a small piece of a computer that contains microscopic circuits  system

• Microchip
• World Wide Web
• Technology

knowledge, processes, and products that solve problems and make work easier

• Technology
• World Wide Web
• Microchip

computer based network of information sources  

• Technology
• World Wide Web
• Microchip

an artificial arm, leg, hand, or foot that replaces a missing one

• Technology
• Prosthetic Limb
• Muscle
• Skeletal

the body system that uses energy from food to move the body

• Skeletal System
• Muscular System
• Digestive Sytem
• Ms. Sawchuk

Which of the following is the best description of technology?

• designing new tools to make people's lives better
• using knowledge, processes, and products to solve problems
• building superhighways
  
• making new inventions

In the design process, which step happens next after developing possible solutions?

• choose one solution
• identify the problem
  
• do research
• test the prototype
  

Computers were made smaller and more affordable by which of the following?

• light bulbs
  
• microchips
  
• plastic circuit boards
• metal cases

In what way are robots like humans?

• think like humans
  
• have emotions like humans
  
• have movements like humans
  
• have nervous systems like humans

In a prototype robot, what part best mimics the muscular system?

• case and lights
  
• bolts and springs
  
• wheels and levers
  
• wires and strings