What is Engineering??- Key Terms. Flashcards
(20 cards)
Agriculture
The raising of crops and animals for food, feed, fiber, fuel, or other useful products.
Artifact
A human-made object.
Biotechnology
All technology connected with plant and animal life.
Communication
The transmission of information through a common system of symbols, signs, behavior, speech, writing, or signals.
Construction
The act or process of building, erecting,or constructing buildings, roads, or other structures.
Energy
The ability to do work. Energy is one of the basic resources used by a technological system.
Engineering
Using technological and scientific knowledge to solve practical problems.
Environment
The surroundings in which a person, animal, or plant lives.
Ergonomics
The study of workplace equipment design or how to arrange and design devices, machines, or work space so that people and things interact safely and most efficiently.
Industrial
Of, relating, or resulting from industry.
Innovation
An improvement of an existing technological product, system, or method of doing something.
Invention
A new product, system, or process that has never existed before, created by study and experimentation.
Manufacturing
The process of making a raw material into a finished product; especially in large quantities.
Math
The science of patterns and order and the study of measurement, properties, and the relationship of quantities using numbers and symbols.
Nanotechnology
The science and technology of building devices, such as electronic circuits, from single atoms and molecules.
Process
Human activities used to create, invent, design, transform, produce, control, maintain, and use products or systems.
Science
The study of our natural world through observation, identification, description, experimental investigation, and theoretical explanations.
System
A group of interacting, interrelated, or independent elements or parts that function together as a whole to accomplish a goal.
Technology
The way people use resources to meet their wants and needs.
Transportation
The process by which passengers or goods are moved or delivered from one place to another.
