1. Technology: A Dynamic, Human System

2. 1)Applications: Computer programs with a user interface 2) Boolean Search Logic: Combining words and phrases using the words AND, OR, NOT and NEAR to limit, widen, or define your Internet search 3)Browser: A program that accesses and displays files and other data available on the Internet and other networks

3. 4) Communication: The imparting or exchanging of information or news 5) Download: To copy data from one computer system to another or to a disk 6) E ‐ Mail (Electronic Mail): To communicate electronically on the computer

4. 7) HTML: Hypertext Markup Language, a standardized system for tagging text files to achieve font, color, graphic, and hyperlink effects on World Wide Web pages 8) Hyperlink: A link from a hypertext file or document to another location or file, typically activated by clicking on a highlighted word or image on the screen

5. 9) Internet: An international computer network providing e ‐ mail and information from computers in educational institutions, government agencies, and industry, accessible to the general public via modem links 10) Science: The intellectual and practical activity encompassing the systematic study of the structure and behavior of the physical and natural world through observation and experiment

6. 11) Software: the programs and other operating information used by a computer 12) Surf: To browse the Internet; look around casually and randomly, without seeking anything in particular 13) URL: Uniform Resource Locator; a location or address identifying where documents can be found on the Internet; a Web address

7. 14) Virus: A piece of code that is capable of copying itself and typically has a detrimental effect, such as corrupting the system or destroying data 15) WWW: World Wide Web; a system of interlinked hypertext documents contained on the Internet

8. 16. What are the four basic features of technology?

9. Technology is human knowledge. Technology uses tools, materials, and systems.

10. Application of technology results in artifacts (human-made things) or other outputs (ex. Pollution or scrap). Technology is developed by people trying to modify or control the environment.

11. 17. Explain why nearly all technology is developed by profit-centered business.

12. Businesses make products or provide services in the hope that consumers will pay them money so they can pay their business expenses (wages, material costs, taxes, etc.) and have money left over which is called profit.

13. 18. Why is technology considered a dynamic process?

14. Technology by its very nature is dynamic because it is constantly changing, it causes change, and it is improving on existing technology.

15. 19. List five positive aspects of technology.

16. Through technology we can see more clearly and further using microscopes and telescopes.

17. Technology helps us to lift heavy loads by using hoists, pulleys, and cranes.

18. Technology allows us to communicate better and faster by radio, television, and telephone.

19. Technology makes distant places close at hand when traveling by automobile, train, or aircraft.

20. Technology makes life more enjoyable with video games and motion pictures.

21. 20. List two negative aspects of technology.

22. Poorly designed and used technology pollutes the air we breathe and the water we drink and can cause soil erosion.

23. Technology may cause unemployment and radical changes in the ways people live like traveling long distances to find work.

24. 21. Why do we need a new type of citizen who is technologically literate?

25. Because technology can have negative consequences a new kind of citizen is required that can understand and direct new technology in a wise and appropriate manner.

26. 22. What are three types of knowledge?

27. The three major types of knowledge are science, technology, and humanities.

28. 23. Explain how the humanities gathers knowledge about the world.

29. The humanities describe relationships between and among groups of people: how people behave individually (psychology), …

30. how they work in groups (sociology), what they value (religion & ethics), how they express themselves (art, music, & literature), and human behavior over time (history & anthropology).