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The United States has been in the ____ Age since 1957.

A) Agriculture
B) Engineering
C) Industrial
D) Information

E) C) and D)
F) A) and D)

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The electricity in our homes and offices is largely due to the work of Benjamin Franklin.

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B) False

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The Industrial Revolution began in France around 1750.

____________________ principles are rules used to explain how people respond to what they see.

____ is a branch of philosophy that considers how to apply concepts of right or wrong.

Science describes the natural world by asking "How?"

A(n) ____ is a person who establishes a new enterprise or business and assumes financial risks in the hope of gaining wealth.

____ means finding ways to reduce the size of the product,to reduce the amount of material used in the product,or to use materials that are more environmentally friendly.

____ use their detailed knowledge of physical principles to design and produce new products,systems,or environments.

____________________ design,also called green or eco-design,happens when designers think about the ecological impacts of the design solution.

What is industrial design?

Technology asks the question "____"?

There are 1.63 million engineers in the United States.Is this a relatively small or large number?

Reliability is the percentage of time a customer receives service versus not receiving service over a one year time period.

In 2006,the ____ created a list of 20 engineering achievements and posed the question "How many of the twentieth century's greatest engineering achievements will you use today?"

Aesthetic judgments are ____.

In a technological system,what is the difference between inputs and processes?

____________________ is a descriptive discipline that makes observations through experimental investigation in order to explain physical and natural phenomena.

Type ____ Outputs are both expected and desired.

____________________ is a process of establishing a technical consensus agreement which provides a common set of expectations for quality or compatibility of a material or product without creating an unfair competitive advantage in the marketplace.