A new product, system or process that has never existed before, created by study and experimentation.

• innovation

• invention

• material

• artifact

The study of our natural world through observation, identification, description, experimental investigation and theoretical explanations.

• mathematics

• engineering

• technology

• science

The surroundings in which a person, animal, or plant lives.

• system

• environment

• process

• invention

The process of making a raw material into a finished product, especially in large quantities.

• transportation

• communication

• manufacturing

• industry

The way people use resources to meet their wants and needs.

• engineering

• technology

• science

• process

The raising of crops and animals for food, feed, fiber, fuel, or other useful products.

• communication

• biotechnology

• construction

• agriculture

The manipulation of living organisms or their components to produce useful products.

• science

• agriculture

• environment

• biotechnology

A human made object.

• artifact

• system

• process

• energy

Using technological and scientific knowledge to solve practical problems.

• technology

• science

• engineering

• agriculture

The act or process of building or constructing buildings, roads, or other structures.

• engineering

• agriculture

• construction

• biotechnology