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31 Cards in this Set
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What is technology?
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Humankind's way of reaching out into the world by using
knowledge and creativity to expand human potential and modify the environment. |
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Construction
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Using materials, work, processes and equipment to build
structures on site. Examples: Houses, schools, office buildings, barns, stadiums, etc. |
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Production
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Changing raw materials into useful products.
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Transportation
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Moving people and goods from one location to another.
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Communication
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The sending and receiving of information.
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What are the four areas of technology
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Construction, production, transportation, and communication
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What is the dark side of technology?
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Some by-products of technology
include pollution, crime, overuse of natural resources, and many more. |
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What are the four modes of transportation?
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Land, water, air, and space
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Land
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cars, trucks, buses, trains, etc.
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Water
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boats, jet skis, cruise ships, etc.
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Air
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airplanes, hot air balloons, gliders, helicopters, etc.
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Space
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rockets, satellites, space shuttle, etc.
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What are the transportation systems?
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Vehicles, guideways, signal devices, and stations/terminals
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Vehicles
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cars, planes, boats, etc.
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Guideways
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roads, rivers, train tracks, etc.
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Signal Devices
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stop lights, turn signals, bouys (in a river or lake), road signs, etc.
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Stations/Terminals
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train depots, ports, gas stations, airports, etc.
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What are the two types of communication?
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Graphic, Wave/Electronic
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Graphic
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drawings, pictures, graphs, photographs, written words. This type of
communication does not disappear in delivery. |
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Wave/Electronic
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Radio, television, telephone, computer systems. This type of
communication travels in waves. It disappears in transit, it travels through the air or in electronic lines (wires, cables, fiber optics, etc.). |
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Communication systems
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ways in which people use technology to
communicate. One must consider where the message originates and who/what uses the information. |
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People to people
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Talking, television shows, radio broadcast, emails, etc.
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People to machine
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Computer programming, setting a thermostat, etc.
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Machine to people
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Gas gauge, thermostat, speedometer, clock, etc.
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Machine to machine
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computer operated robots, thermostat tells furnace or air
conditioner to turn on, etc. |
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Communication process
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Encoding, transmitting, recieving, decoding, storage
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Encoding
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Turning the message into a code, usually a language such as
English, sign language, Morse code, etc. |
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Transmitting
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Sending the message, maybe through a phone, computer, radio,
printed materials, etc. |
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Recieving
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If the message is not received, communication has not taken place.
Once the intended audience has the message, it has been received. |
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Decoding
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Turning the message into useful information. Changing dots and
dashes into letters and words, in the case of Morse code. |
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Storage
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a way to save the message for later use. Computer hard drive, file
cabinet, etc. |
