Student Name: Naseem Robinson

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?

Yes, people in the past didnt have technology and they had decent
lives
2. As technology advances, do people live longer or shorter lives?
People live longer lives, well have the equipment to heal and save
people
3. As technology advances, does technology become more or less complex?
Technology becomes more complex
4. As technology advances, do people become more or less specialized in the
things they do for a living?
More, everything we do now technology is involved
5. 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
6. As technology advances, do the things we make, become: more reliable?
Safer? More durable? Perform better?
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Foundations of
Technology, Third Edition/
Technology, Engineering, and Design

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7. As technology advances, does it require more or fewer science and math
applications?
More

2012 International Technology and Engineering Educators Association

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