Technology and Humans

SOL WG.2c
 Question
How has the use of technology expanded
the capacity of people to modify and adapt
to their environment?
 Answer
A. Agriculture

B. Energy Usage

C. Transportation

D. Automobiles

E. Airplanes
 Agriculture
Technology has had the biggest impact on
peoples ability to produce food. Humans
can grow more food and harvest it faster
allowing the population to grow.
 Agriculture
Technology has helped agriculture in several
ways:
A. People now have tractors and machines that can
help them farm. When people use machines to
farm it is called mechanized farming.
B. People can make chemical fertilizers that help
plants grow faster and bigger.
C. People use pesticides to kill bugs that destroy
plants.
 Compare Ploughing

What would you rather do?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vcrEMbCtxfY

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6CwqtjLEyK0
 Fertilizing

http://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=GbvicpTa79A&feature=related
 Compare Harvesting
What would you rather do?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RwELkLeUYJ0

http://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=kVSxyLJZSZc&feature=related
 Energy Usage

Technology has allowed humans to use

different types of energy such as solar
power, wind power, geothermal power,
energy from fossil fuels, and energy from
nuclear fission.
 Energy Usage

Most of the power in the world is produced

by fossil fuels; coal, oil, and natural gas.
Burning fossil fuels causes pollution and
there is a limited amount of oil and coal
that is available.
Nuclear power is another option but many
people dont think nuclear power is safe
and it produces radioactive waste.
Notice how the construction of nuclear plants leveled
off in the mid 1980s.
A nuclear power plant.
 Transportation

Technology has radically changed how

humans get from one place to another
place. Besides the invention of the internal
combustion engine there are also better
roads and a network of railroads that make
it easier and faster to transport humans
and goods.
A freeway in Brazil
A freeway in Australia
 Automobiles

Cars have had an impact on just about all

aspects of life in the modern world.
A. Cars allowed people to live farther from
their work, therefore suburbs grew up
around cities.
B. Cars need roads and parking lots so the
advent of the car led to massive road
construction projects and more parking
lots all over the world.
The automobile has led to this, lucky us!
 Was this possible 100 years ago?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3A-unBigvoY
 Airplanes

Airplanes make it easier and faster to

travel, but they have also changed the
world because people must build airports
which in turn create noise and other
environmental concerns.