Inventions and Innovations

1. Which of the following is a general group or type of technology?

• manufacturing
• modern
• digital
• sound
• Option 5

2. The word technology comes from techne, a Greek word meaning

• engineer
• technician
• career
• art

3. Being technologically literate means

• being able to read software.
• being able to write software.
• understanding and feeling comfortable with technology.
• understanding how to read and apply users’ manuals.

4. Which is not an example of communication technology?

• cell phone
• medicine
• computer
• DVD player

5. What does a grease car use for fuel?

• solar-generated electricity
• wood
• recycled cooking oil
• coal

6. Edison’s phonograph is the ancestor of today’s

• television set.
• can opener.
• laser
• compact disc recording.

7. The Information Age began

• around 1900.
• around 1750.
• during the Iron Age.
• in 2000.

8. Nanotechnology is the science of

• working with billionths of a second.
• studying planets and their origins.
• working with the atoms or molecules of materials.
• studying fuel-efficient modes of transportation.

9. Machine tools are machines for

• repairing machine parts.
• sharpening and finishing metals.
• building other machines.
• making tools to repair machines.

10. A person who works in technology could be called a(n)

• scientist.
• technologist.
• cosmetologist.
• engineer.