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**1. definition of technology**
A. technology: the correct use of tools B. technology should make life easier &/or help us have fun C. technology should improve our lives D. does technology always make our life easier/or fun? no

**2. Ergonomics**
A) Designing objects help people with their.jobs environment sports safety or anything that involves people

**3. Sytem**
A) a system is an organized way to achieve a goal B) A system includes for paris 1) input 2) Output 3) Process 4) feedback

**4. trade off**
a. all systems have trade offs 1) intended out comes + (positive) 2) unintended out comes - (negative)

**5. the diffrence between science and technology**
a. sciences focuses on the natural word b. technology focuses on the correct use of tool making life easier and more fun.

**6. technology also includes inventions & innovations**
a. invention: a new product b. innovation: improving an existing product

**7. technology should use resources efficiently**
a. the 4 r's: 1. reduce 2. reuse 3.renew 4. recycle

**8. the history of technology**
a. agricultural age: up to the 1700's-people used wooden plows b. industrial age: 1700's to 1950's-people had factories & steam engines c. info age: 1950's to now - people using computers 1. made the sharing of info faster & more organized 2. sharing info has made inventions & innovations happen faster

**9. current technologies**
1. digital electronics a. uses a binary code-0 and 1 to program computers b. allows us to move a ton of information at one time

10. resources we use in technology
1. natural resources: not man-made 2. synthetic resources: man-made materials