Unit 1 Engineering and Technology

Collecting as many ideas as you can, however good you think they are.

• tradeoff

• brainstorming

• criteria

• contraint

The process of giving up one quality or feature of a design to gain a different quality or feature.

• idea

• constraint

• tradeoff

• criteria

The desirable features of a solution.

• criteria

• brainstorming

• deforestration

• tradeoff

A real world limit on the solution you are designing, for example, safety, time, money, or materials.

• tradeoff

• constraint

• brainstorming

• criteria

Why do scientists and engineers follow a design process?

• to find solutions to problems

• to understand how Earth formed

• to practice making measurements

• to use the same solution for every problem

Which of the following are examples of technology?

• plant, dog, baby

• printer, pet, people

• lamp, calculator, pet leash

• flower, ant, garden

How are prototypes used in the engineering design process?

• Prototypes are lists of needs to be addressed.

• Prototypes are models that can be tested for efficiency or to see if something works.

• Prototypes are the final products sold to consumers.

• Prototypes are tables of data that can be sorted and analyzed.

Which technology would help a town reduce the air pollution it creates?

• gas lamps on city streeets

• coal-burning stoves for heat

• cars that run on electric power

• automatic sprinklers on the golf course

Which of the following is a technology?

• computer

• a dog's paw

• mud

• egg shell

Which of the following is a technology?

• feather

• wolf

• footprint

• television