Understanding technology (pgs.19-22)

Understanding technology


1-.What is the goal of technology?

A- is to improve the way people live


2-.What is a prothesis?

A-. its to tranfer the bad part of the body to one that if function


3-.How does technologydiffer from science'

A-science study of the natural world to understan how it fuctions
technology changes or modifies, the natural world to meet human needs or to solve problems


4-.HOW DOES TECHNOLOGY DIFFER FROM SOCIETY?
A-.a technology can have both positive and negative consequences for individual people and for society as a whole

*technology is how people change the world around them to meet their needs ands solve practical problems*


5-. Decide wether an object was an example of technology and explain

A-. EXAMPLE:

CONTACT LENSES: HELP PEOPLE FROM SEA BETTER

medical thermometer: MAKES IT EASER TO DETERMINE WETHER YOU SICK

FARM MACHINERY: TO MAKE EASIER THE FARMERS WORK

ENDOSCOPES: ARE TINY MEDICAL INSTRUMENTS THAT ALLOW DOCTORS VIEWWITH THE HUMAN BODY

OPTICAL FIBERS : TO LEARN MORE ABOUT HOW THE HEART FUNCTIONS



*COMPARING TECHNOLOGY AND SCIENCE: SCIENCE IS THE STUDY OF THE NATURAL WORLD TO UNDERSTAND HOW IT FUNCTIONS. TECHNOLOGY ON THE OTHER HAND CHANGES OR MODIFIES THE NATURAL WORLD TO MEET HUMAN NEEDS SOLVE PROBLEMS.


6-. TO UNDERSTAND THIS DIFFERENCE COMPARE THE WAYS IN WHICH A BIOLOGIST AND AN ENGINEER.

AN ENGINEER IS A PERSON WHO IS TRAINED TO USE BOTH TECHNOLOGICAL AN SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGETO SOLVE PRACTICAL PROBLEMS


A BIOLOGIST IS A PERSON WHO STUDY THE NATURAL WORLD, INVESTIGATE THE STRUCTURE OF INSECTS BODIES AND HOW INSECTS OBTAIN OXYGEN



7-. ADVANCES IN SCIENCE CONTRIBUTE TO ADVANCES IN TECHNOLOGY IMPACT ON SOCIETY REFERS TO ANY GROUP OF PEOPLE WHO LIVE TOGETHER IN AN AREA AND HAVE CERTAIN THINGS IN COMMON TECHNOLOGY CAN HAVE BOTH POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE CONSEQUENCES FOR INDIVIDUAL PEOPLE AND FOR SOCIETY AS A WHOLE. TECHNOLOGY DOES NOT PROVIDE PERFECT SOLUTIONS TO THE PROBLEMS
IT HELPS SOLVE.



8-. LIST THE POSITIVE CONSEQUENCES OF USING PESTICIDES. THEN LIST THE NEGATIVE CONSEQUENCES


POSITIVE NEGATIVE


POSITIVETHE PESTICIDES HELPTO THE PASTICIDES MAKE FEEL SICK IT.
KILL THE NOSIVE INSECTS

HELP TO GROW THE PLANTS MAKE THAT THE INSECTS DIE.

BY CINTHYA A. RIVAS PARTIDA

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