Student Name: Rafael pineda

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? No

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

3. As technology advances, does technology become more or less complex? I think

that it get less complex
4. As technology advances, do people become more or less specialized in the things
they do for a living? People become less specialized in what they do

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)? Yes because more machines are doing
most of the work know

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7. As technology advances, do the things we make, become: more reliable?

Safer? More durable? Perform better? Yes because know we have machines to
test our inventions on
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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