Obtaining Material Resources . . . . . 115
Technology Explained: Geothermal
Energy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Processing Raw Materials . . . . . . . .120
Career Highlight: Machinists . . . . . .120
Products of Processing . . . . . . . . . .123
Properties of Materials . . . . . . . . . . .123
Working with Hazardous Materials and
Wastes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .126
Material Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .127
Think Green: Recycling . . . . . . . . . .128
Chapter 5 Activity A
Materials as a Resource . . . . . . . . . 131
Chapter 6
Energy and Technology . . . . . . . . . 136
Energy and Work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .139
Energy and Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . .140
The Nature of Energy . . . . . . . . . . .142
Forms of Energy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .142
Types of Energy Sources . . . . . . . . .143
Common Energy Supplies . . . . . . . .144
Technology Explained: Biogas . . . . 147
Career Highlight: Petroleum
Engineers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .149
Alternate Energy Sources . . . . . . . . 151
Think Green: Compact Fluorescent
Lamps (CFLs) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Chapter 6 Activity A
Energy as a Resource . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Chapter 6 Activity B
Energy and Machines as Resources . . 163
Chapter 7
Information and Technology . . . . . 164
Career Highlight: Home-Appliance
Repair Technicians . . . . . . . . . .167
Data, Information, and Knowledge . . . 168
Scientific Knowledge . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Think Green: Electronic Media
Waste . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Technological Knowledge . . . . . . . . 171
The Information Age . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Gaining Information and Knowledge . . 172
Career Highlight: Broadcast
Engineers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Chapter 7 Activity A
Information as a Resource . . . . . . . 177
Chapter 8
People, Time, Money, and
Technology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
People and Technology . . . . . . . . . .184
Technology Explained: Flight
Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .187
Think Green: Carbon Footprint . . . .190
Career Highlight: Occupational-Health
and -Safety Specialists . . . . . . . 191
Time and Technology . . . . . . . . . . .196
Money and Technology . . . . . . . . . .198
Section 3
Creating
Technology . .202
Technology Headline: Space Tourism . . .203
Chapter 9
Invention and Innovation . . . . . . . . 204
Invention . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .206
Career Highlight: Patent Attorneys . . .209
Think Green: Green Materials . . . . . 213
Technology Explained: High-Rise
Buildings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
Innovation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
Chapter 9 Activity A
Invention and Innovation . . . . . . . . 220
TSA Modular Activity: Inventions
and Innovations . . . . . . . . . . . .222
Chapter 10
The Design Process . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
What Is Design? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .225
Types of Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .226
Steps of the Design Process . . . . . .228
Career Highlight: Industrial
Designers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .229
Technology Explained: Sustainable
Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .232
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