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a) technology- the correct use of tools. b) technology should make our lives easier and/or help us have more fun. c) technology should improve our lives. d) Does technology always make our life easier/ or fun? list 5 negatice things about technology. - People can steal you information off of the internet. - Cars polute so there in a negative impact to our environment - Maintenence of things so it costs us more money - It can be complicated or hard to use - People use bombs to kill and hurts people
 * 1) Technology Definitions **

a) Designinng objects that help people with their jobs, environment, sports, safety, or anything that involves people,
 * 2) Ergonomics **

a) A system is an organized way to achieve a goal. b) A system includes four parts - input (keys) - output (headphone connection) - process (memory, parts) - feedback (music)
 * 3) System **

a) All systems have trade-offs - Intended outcomes - Unintended outcome ( coca cola bottles)
 * 4) Trade- Off **

a) Science focuses on natural world. b) Technology focuces on the correct use of tool, making life easier, and having more fun.
 * 5) The difference between science and technology **

a) Invention= a new project b) Innovation= improving an existing project
 * 6) ** ** Technology also includes inventions and innovations **

a) the 4 R's - reduce - reuse - renew - recycle
 * 7) Technology should use resources efficiently **

a) Agricultural age: up to 1700's- people used wooden plows b) Industrial age: 1700's to 1950's- people had factories and steam engines. c) Information age: 1950's to now- people using computers - Made the sharing of information faster and more organized. - Sharing information has made inventions and innovations happen faster.
 * 8) The history of technology **

a) Digital technologies - Uses a binary code- 0 and 1 to program computers - Allows us to move ton of information at one time
 * 9) Current technologies **

a) Natural resources- not man made b) Synthetic resources- man-made
 * 10) Resources we use in technology **