5 Written Questions

1. A description, analogy or a representation of something that helps us understand it better (e.g., a physical model, a conceptual model, a mathematical model).
2. A group of related objects that work together to achieve a desired result
3. Lands where water saturation is the dominant factor determining the nature of the soil development and the plant and animal communities (e.g., sloughs, estuaries, marshes)
4. A representation of a region on a sufficient scale to show detail, selected man-made and natural features of a portion of the land surface including its relief and certain physical and cultural features; the portrayal of the position, relation, size, shape and elevation of the area
5. Relates concepts and ideas to one another by some measurement (e.g., quantitative, numeral, abstract, ideological); provides a measure of size and/or incremental change

5 Matching Questions

1. Technology education
2. Niche
3. Succession
4. Closed loop system
5. Nonrenewable resources

1. a The series of changes that occur in an ecosystem with the passing of time
2. b The application of tools, materials, processes and systems to solve problems and extend human capabilities
3. c Niche The role played by an organism in an ecosystem; its food preferences, requirements for shelter, special behaviors and the timing of its activities (e.g., nocturnal, diurnal), interaction with other organisms and its habitat
4. d Substances (e.g., oil, gas, coal, copper, gold) that, once used, cannot be replaced in this geological age
5. e A group of related objects that have feedback and can modify themselves

5 Multiple Choice Questions

1. A group of related objects that make up a larger system (e.g., automobiles have electrical systems, fuel systems)
   1. System
   2. Subsystem
   3. Succession
   4. Scale
2. Repeated processes that are exhibited in a wide variety of ways; identifiable recurrences of the element and/or the form
   1. Mitosis
   2. Pest
   3. System
   4. Patterns
3. A label applied to an organism when it is in competition with humans for some resource
   1. Lentic
   2. Law
   3. Pest
   4. Nova
4. A rule or order issued by an executive authority or regulatory agency of a government and having the force of law
   1. Renewable
   2. Regulation
   3. Mitigation
   4. Lentic
5. A group of related parts that function together to perform a major task in any form of transportation
   1. Transportation technology
   2. Open loop system
   3. Transportation systems
   4. Closed loop system

5 True/False Question

1. Point source pollution → Pollutants discharged from a single identifiable location (e.g., pipes, ditches, channels, sewers, tunnels, container of various types).
   

   True        False

2. Mitigation → A rule or order issued by an executive authority or regulatory agency of a government and having the force of law
   

   True        False

3. Open loop system → A group of related objects that have feedback and can modify themselves
   

   True        False

4. Nova → Any device used to extend human capability including computer-based tools
   

   True        False

5. Technological design process → Recognizing the problem, proposing a solution, implementing the solution, evaluating the solution and communicating the problem, design and solution
   

   True        False