Chapter 2: Technology and the Design Process

What is the first step of the design process?

• I do not know

• Identify the problem

• hold your breath

• develop possible solutions

What can you do with a lever?

• lift a box

• slice through an object

• call a friend

• hold 2 boards together

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A scientist uses what he knows to modify a wedge. The new invention will help to keep roads clear of ice and now in winter. What did the scientist develop?

• a shovel

• a new inquiry

• a new design process

• a new technology

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Pushing a bike pedal is an example of _____________.

A ___________ is a simple machine that helps you to hold things together.

An inventor decides on solution to a problem. What happens next?

• He designs a prototype

• he hopes for the best

• calls to tell his mom

• he redesigns the prototype

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Scissors are best described as a complex machine with what 2 simple machines? (pick 2)

• 2 cutting wedges

• a pulley

• screw

• 2 levers that move

This simple machine is a ___________.

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What simple machine can you use to make it easier to put moving boxes in a moving truck?