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Tech Mt Review
KaTiE B.
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Computer Science
7th Grade
01/11/2011

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• Agriculture
Definition
The raising of crops and animals for food, feed, fiber, fuel, or other useful products.
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• Artifact
Definition
A human-made object.
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• Biotechnology
Definition
All the technology connected with plant and animal life.
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• Communication
Definition
The transmission of information through a common system of symbols, signs, behavior, speech, writing, or signals
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• Construction
Definition
The act or process of building, erecting, or constructing buildings, roads, or other structures.
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• Energy
Definition
o The ability to do work. Energy is one of the basic resources used by a technological system.
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• Engineering
Definition
o Using technological and scientific knowledge to solve practical problems.
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• Environment
Definition
o The surroundings in which a person, animal, or plant lives.
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• Ergonomics
Definition
o The study of workplace equipment design or how to arrange and design devices, machines, or workspace so that people and things interact safely and most efficiently.
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• Industrial
Definition
o Of, relating to, or resulting from industry.
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• Innovation
Definition
o An improvement of an existing technological product, system, or method of doing something.
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• Invention
Definition
o A new product, system, or process that has never existed before, created by study and experimentation.
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• Manufacturing
Definition
o The process of making a raw material into a finished product; especially in large quantities
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• Math
Definition
o The science of patterns and order and the study of measurement, properties, and the relationships of quantities using numbers and symbols.
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• Nanotechnology
Definition
o The science and technology of building devices, such as electronic circuits, from single atoms and molecules.
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• Process
Definition
o Human activities used to create, invent, design, transform, produce, control, maintain, and use products or systems; a sequence of actions that combines resources to produce an output.
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