TE11 Unit 1 & 2 Test Prep

Impact on history: Instrumentation allowed scientists to observe and test natural phenomena.

• Iron Age

• Middle Ages

• Industrial Age

• Renaissance/Enlightenment

Artifacts: steam engine, electricity, automobile, airplane, radio, television, telephone, rocket

• Iron Age

• Middle Ages

• Industrial Age

• Renaissance/Enlightenment

Artifacts: transistor, IC, computer, satellite, digital photography, artificial heart, nuclear power plant, space shuttle

• Information Age

• Middle Ages

• Industrial Age

• Renaissance/Enlightenment

Since people are able to transfer the knowledge and skills related to the creation and production of technology to next generations, which statement is a reasonable conclusion:

• The development and use of technologies exhibits an evolutionary characteristic.
• A thorough understanding of science is necessary for the development of technology.
• Only those with technical abilities are prepared to use new technologies.
• Future technological development has little relationship with how it was used in earlier times.

An example of a product of technological evolution is:

• the mechanical pencil.
• the ink-dipping quill pen.
• the wooden pencil.
• the cave painting.

The change from the quill pen to the ballpoint pen used today is referred to as:

• brainstorming.
• innovation.
• a discovery.
• a patent.

Innovations are the result of a series of refinements that have improved an invention overtime. This is the concept of:

• Scientific discovery
• Technological evolution
• Scientific method
• Technological mobility

An understanding of the interrelationships among technologies and other fields of study better enables one to use:

• technologies to find answers to scientific problems.
• processes to design, produce, and assess technology.
• mathematical models and simulations.
• the scientific method to solve scientific problems.

Technological literacy is defined as:

• the ability to use computers to solve problems.
• an understanding of the history of technology.
• an understanding of the relationship between science, math, and technology.
• the ability to successfully interact with technology, and to make informed decisions.

The invention by the U.S. Army of a water filter that is now available for public use is an example of:

• a trade-off.
• technology transfer.
• design optimization.
• streamlining.