16
STEM Connections: Mathematics
Relating Speed, Time, and Distance 550
Regulating Transportation Systems 552
Think Green
Alternative Fuels 552
TSA Modular Activity
System Control Technology 556
Section 7 Activities
558
Section 8
Applying Technology: Using Energy
560
Tomorrow’s Technology Today
Fuel Cells in Automobiles 561
Chapter 27
Energy: The Foundation of Technology
562
Types of Energy 563
Energy, Work, and Power 564
Career Corner
Power Plant Operators 565
Forms of Energy 566
Academic Connections: History
The Origin of Horsepower 567
Sources of Energy 569
Think Green
Renewable and Inexhaustible Energy 569
Effects of Energy Technology 572
Chapter 28
Energy-Conversion Systems
576
Inexhaustible-Energy Converters 578
Renewable-Energy Converters 586
Career Corner
Power-Line Installers 587
Thermal-Energy Converters 588
STEM Connections: Science
Laws of Gases 592
Electrical-Energy Converters 593
Applying Energy to Do Work 596
Section 8 Activities
604
Section 9
Applying Technology: Meeting Needs through
Biorelated Technologies
606
Tomorrow’s Technology Today
Genetically Modified (GM) Foods 607
Chapter 29
Agricultural and Related Biotechnologies
608
Types of Agriculture 610
Career Corner
Agricultural Workers 612
Academic Connections: History
The Homestead Act and the Morrill Act 618
Think Green
Sustainable Agriculture 624
Agriculture and Biotechnology 628
TSA Modular Activity
Agriculture and Biotechnology Design 632
Chapter 30
Food-Processing Technologies
634
Primary Food Processing 636
Career Corner
Food-Processing Workers 643
STEM Connections: Science
Irradiation 646
Secondary Food Processing 649
Think Green
Local Organic Food 652
Chapter 31
Medical and Health Technologies
658
Technology and Wellness 659
Career Corner
Biomedical Engineers 661
Technology and Illness 665
STEM Connections: Science
Aerodynamics 670
Technology Explained
Dialysis Machines 673