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Energy Technology -- Test Your Knowledge Chapter 1 1. True or False? The quality of energy, power, and transportation systems available to a culture greatly affects that society's quality of life. 2. The development of any particular technology is influenced by many factors besides t...

Energy Technology -- Test Your Knowledge Chapter 1 1. True or False? The quality of energy, power, and transportation systems available to a culture greatly affects that society's quality of life. 2. The development of any particular technology is influenced by many factors besides technical know-how. Identify and describe three of these factors in one sentence each. - Economic considerations - Environmental concerns - Political and Social influence 3. [Energy] is defined as the ability to do work. 4. The majority of all the energy converted to power comes from [fossil fuels]. 5. [Power] is defined as the rate of doing work. 6. Power is produced in three forms: [electrical power, mechanical power, and fluid power]. - Electricity is used for lighting, heat, tools, and appliances. - Fluid power is ideal for pure strength applications like in construction equipment. - Electrical power is converted to mechanical power in an electric drill. - Fluid power is converted to mechanical power in a backhoe. 7. Modes of transportation include [land, water, air, and space]. 8. Name two vehicular systems found in all forms of transportation systems. - Control systems - Suspension systems 9. True or False? Intermodal transportation is a synonym for land transportation. 10. The study of [science] is concerned with the natural world and its phenomenon. 11. The study of [technology] is concerned with the human-made world and its impacts and consequences. 12. Explain how the Technological Method differs from the Scientific Method. - Technological Method is problem solving to yield new products through a process of researching, testing, and refining. - Scientific Method pursues knowledge by the collection of data through observation and experimentation to test a hypothesis. 13. Identify and briefly describe the steps in the technological problem-solving method. - The inputs feed into the process portion of technological system. - The process changes the inputs to produce the outputs. - The outputs are the end result of a system. 14. True or False? A transportation system is a technological system. 15. Gauges on an airplane and quarterly sales reports from a manufacturing firm are similar in that they both provide [feedback] in the universal system model. 16. Time, capital, and finance are all considered [inputs] in the universal system model. 17. True or False? A finished product is an output of a manufactory system. 18. Power generation is a desired result of any power plant. What is an example of an undesirable result? Interruption in power and pollution. 19. True or False? Undesired consequences particular technologist or sometimes inevitable. 20. What are the seven major technological systems? - Agricultural - Communication - Construction - Energy and power - Manufacturing - Medical - Transportation