Student Name: ________________________

Unit 1: Technological Inventions and Innovations

Lesson 1: Inventions and Innovations: An Evolutionary

Process
File 1.1.1: Enduring Ideas of Technology

Complete each question using your background knowledge. There is no right or

wrong response. You will be asked to share your responses with the class.

1. Can people survive without technology?

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2. As technology advances, do people live longer or shorter lives?

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3. As technology advances, does technology become more or less complex?
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Technology, Third Edition/
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4. As technology advances, do people become more or less specialized in the things

they do for a living?
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7. As technology advances, do the tools and processes we use to make, build,

and do things become more efficient (become faster and require less
material, energy and fewer people)?
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7. As technology advances, do the things we make, become: more reliable?

Safer? More durable? Perform better?
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7. As technology advances, does it require more or fewer science and math

applications?
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2012 International Technology and Engineering Educators Association

Foundations of
Technology, Third Edition/
Technology, Engineering, and Design