Technology
These are the words to know for the tech test on 1/31
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- construction technolgy
- The production of a structure on a site.
- transportation technology
- the production of a system used to move people or goods from one location to another.
- manufacturing technology
- The producing of a good in a workshop or factory.
- agriculture technology
- the production of plants and animals, and the processing of them into ffood, clothing, and other products.
- information
- data. In a system, information is needed to tell us what to do and how to do it.
- information technology
- deal with storage transmission, and recieving of data.
- biotechnology
- The use of living organisms to make commercial products. Biotechnology includes antibody production, bioprocessing, and genetic engineering.
- technology
- using the 7 resources in order to make life easier
- physical technology
- technologies which involve the production of manufactured goods.
- production technology
- manufacturing technology, construction technology, The production of a final product.
- tools and machines
- tools extend the natural capabilities of people and are used to process and maintain other resources in systems. Machines change the amount, speed, or direction of a force and like tools are used to process.
- energy
- the capacity for doing work. Energy takes many forms (thermal, electrical, mechanical) and comes from many sources (solar, muscle, chemical, nuclear).
- people
- create, consume, technology. They provide labor, make that policies that promote technology. All systems involve people (except for those systems which occur in nature).
- time
- is one of the hardest resources to work with. Since time cannot be sped up or slowed down, people have learned that they need to manage and plan.
- materials
- Physical objects used in a system (wood, water, iron, oil, sand)
- capital
- money. Examples of capital include money, land, building, taxes, stocks, bonds, equipment, and other forms of wealth.