Technology and the Engineering Design Process

___________ is how people change the world around them to meet their needs and solve problems.

• Science

• Technology

• Engineering

• Math

_______ is the study of the natural world to understand how it works.

• Science

• Technology

• Engineering

• Math

________ is when people design solutions to help solve practical problems.

• Science

• Technology

• Engineering

• Math

The goal of technology is to.....

• cause harm to the environment.

• make our lives easier and better.

• improve the way people live.

• Both Option 2 and Option 3.

Which of the following is NOT an area of technology?

• Construction

• Transportation

• Robots

• Communication

Technology changes when we...

• find new problems to solve

• our knowledge about something increases

• seek to better the human condition

• All of the above

A technology is ______________ when it is no longer used, very rarely used, or if it doesn't meet peoples needs.

• Obsolete

• Current

• Emerging

• Coexisting

__________________ technologies are those technologies that we use everyday.

• Obsolete

• Current

• Emerging

• Coexisting

______ technologies are those types of technologies that are either brand new to the market or not yet widely used yet by the public.

• Obsolete

• Current

• Emerging

• Coexisting

Often times, people will use older technologies along with new technologies because it meets their needs just as well or because the newer technology is not practical. This means the technologies are _________.

• Obsolete

• Current

• Emerging

• Coexisting