Grades 6-8 Tech Tools Skills
Grades 6-8 Tech Tools Skills
Grades 6-8 Tech Tools Skills
Grades 6-8 Tech Tools Skills
1. Which technology can amplify
and switch electronic signals and
electrical power?
3. Who uses computers, 30 m
chains, theodolites and ranging
rods?
5. On which side of a vegetable
garden should the taller plants
go?
7. A bicycle is a compound
machine. What are some of the
simple machines that are part of
a bicycle?
A. a transistor
B. nanomaterials
C. a battery
A. civil engineers
B. mechanical engineers
C. foresters
A. the north side
B. the south side
C. the east side
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Grades 9-12 Tech Tools Skills
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1. Which of these technologies
uses viruses or microinjection to
insert specific foreign genes into
an organism's genome?
3. Which technology extracts
minerals from ore by heating
them in the presence of a
chemical reducing agent?
5. Who uses scanning probe
microscopy, lithography or
molecular self-assembly to work
with particles at the scale of a
billionth of a meter?
A. transformation
B. genome editing
C. domestication
A. smelting
B. leaching
C. vitrifying
CORRECT: A, A
CORRECT: A, A
A. a wheel and axle
B. a wedge
C. an inclined plane
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A. nanoengineers
B. biotechnologists
C. mining engineers
7. What is a technological
approach characterized by a
focus on small-scale,
decentralized, environmentally
friendly strategies?
A. appropriate technology
B. captial-intensive technology
C. micropower technology
CORRECT: A, A
CORRECT: A, A
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2. Which materials lower surface
tension between two liquids or
between a liquid and a solid?
4. If you get lost in the woods,
and people will be looking for
you, the best thing is to stay
where you are. Why?
6. Which materials have a low
carbon to nitrogen ratio
4. Who uses computers, flasks,
beakers and balances?
A. grass clippings, manure,
alfalfa
B. leaves, wood chips, sawdust
C. newspaper, cardboard
A. chemists
B. civil engineers
C. foresters
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8. What is a key characteristic of
nano-sized particles from an
engineering stand point?
A. surfactants
B. semiconductors
C. conductors
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A. people will start looking for
you near where you became lost
B. compasses don't work off trail
C. it is the safest place for you
2. Which of these technologies
uses nucleases, or "molecular
sissors" to insert, replace or add
specific genes into an organism's
genome at a specific place?
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4. Which particles have the
highest range of energies while
still bound to an atom?
6. What kind of technology uses
plastic bottles filled with water,
sealed, and then embedded in
roof shingles to shed light into
houses?
A. genome editing
B. domestication
C. transformation
A. valence electrons
B. conduction electrons
C. leptons
A. appropriate technology
B. capital-intensive technology
C. micropower technology
A. a high surface area/volume
ratio
B. a low surface area/volume
ratio
C. a high density/volume ratio
CORRECT: A, A
CORRECT: A, A
CORRECT: A, A
CORRECT: A, A
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9. What should you do if you
encounter a snake in the
outdoors?
11. Which technology combines
multiple circuits into one
inseparable unit?
15. Which materials have a high
carbon to nitrogen ratio?
A. make a big circle around it
B. kill it
C. walk quickly back the way you
came
A. a photo diode
B. an integrated circuit
C. a transistor
13. For an effective compost pile,
you need 30 parts carbon to 1
part nitrogen. If a pile has 15
parts carbon to 1 part nitrogen,
what do you need to add to make
it work well?
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9. Which techonology results in
breaking up oil spills and causing
the oil to be dispersed
throughout the environment? (not
necessarily a good thing)
A. surfactant technology
B. nanotechnology
C. genetic engineering
11. Which of these technologies
selects male and female plants
or animals with desirable traits to
breed together?
A. transformation
B. domestication
C. genome editing
CORRECT: B, B
CORRECT: A, A
A. more carbon and nitrogen
B. more carbon
C. more nitogen
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13. Which technology mixes
calcined radioactive waste with
glass for long term storage?
A. leaching
B. vitrification
C. smelting
A. alfalfa, clover, sea weed
B. leaves, newspaper, wood
chips
C. grass clippings, manure, pet
waste
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15. Who uses explosives, pumps
and drills to extract minerals from
rocks?
A. biotechnologists
B. mining engineers
C. nanoengineers
CORRECT: B, B
CORRECT: B, B
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10. In what order are the listed
materials lit to make and sustain
a campfire?
12. Which of these carries a
limited supply of chemicals with
which it can produce electricity?
14. Where can you find
information on when to plant
vegetables in your area?
16. Who uses computers, strain
gauges and accelerometers?
A. tinder, kindling, fuelwood
B. fuelwood, kindling, tinder
C. kindling, fuelwood, tinder
A. a transistor
B. a battery
C. a fuel cell
A. a wildflower guide
B. a sowing guide
C. local building codes
A. foresters
B. mechanical engineers
C. civil engineers
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12. Which technology extracts
minerals from ore by dissolving
them in liquid?
14. Which particles move freely
within the atomic lattice of a
conductor or semiconductor
material?
16. What is a technological
approach characterized by a
focus on miniturizing methods
and components of energy
generation?
A. technology
B. science
C. engineering
A. vitrifying
B. leaching
C. smelting
A. leptons
B. conduction electrons
C. valence electrons
A. appropriate technology
B. micropower technology
C. captial-intensive technology
CORRECT: A, A
CORRECT: B, B
CORRECT: B, B
CORRECT: B, B
10. Which of these is a collection
of methods and tools used in
concert to accomplish specific
human purposes?
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17. What is a device that
changes the direction or
amplitude of a single applied
force on a single load force?
19. How should a campfire be
put out?
21. Which material can vary the
conductivity of electrons under
different conditions?
23. Who uses computers,
compasses, axes and Biltmore
Sticks?
A. insulators
B. conductors
C. semiconductors
A. civil engineers
B. chemists
C. foresters
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21. Which of these technologies
stimulates non-reproductive cells
to begin growing and developing
a whole new organism?
23. Which technology relies on
the creation of voltage or current
in a material upon exposure to
light?
A. genome editing
B. transformation
C. cloning
A. piezoelectricity
B. scanning probe microscopy
C. photovoltaics
CORRECT: C, C
CORRECT: C, C
A. a motor
B. a simple machine
C. a compound machine
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A. pour a bucket of water on the
fire
B. scatter, smother and stomp
embers
C. scatter embers and make sure
there is no flammable wood
nearby
17. Which of these is a goaloriented process of desiging or
making things to accomplish
specific human purposes?
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A. technology
B. engineering
C. science
A. ants
B. molecules
C. cells
19. Which of these is usually
measured in nanometers?
CORRECT: B, B
CORRECT: B, B
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18. What should you NOT do if
you get lost in the woods?
20. Where is it safe to drink
surface or spring water in the
U.S.?
22. Which of these can convert a
chemical feedstock like ethanol
directly into electricity?
A. only in prairies
B. nowhere
C. only in the woods
A. a transistor
B. a solar panel
C. a fuel cell
24. Everything else being equal,
where is the best side to put a
vegetable garden relative to
shade producing structures like
fences, walls, buildings and tall
trees?
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18. Which technology is able to
attach to and carry toxic
materials throughout the
environment, including into living
organisms? (not a good thing)
20. Which of these is the study of
concrete and abstract
characteristics of quantities,
space, structure and change?
22. Which technology extracts
minerals from ore by running
current through an inert anode in
a solution of dissolved minerals?
A. piezoelectronics
B. nanotechnology
C. genetic engineering
A. engineering
B. math
C. technology
A. leaching
B. vitrifying
C. electrowinning
CORRECT: B, B
CORRECT: B, B
CORRECT: C, C
A. call out every few minutes
B. drink water from a stream
C. stay where you are
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A. the north side
B. the east side
C. the south side
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24. Who uses incubators, culture
dishes and cell growth media?
A. nanoengineers
B. mining engineers
C. biotechnologists
CORRECT: C, C
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25. Where can you find out how
many outlets a room should
have, insulation requirements for
walls, and the distance between
joists in new houses?
27. What is an apparatus that
connects several devices that
can change the direction or
amplitude of an applied force on
a load force?
29. Which of these makes good
tinder?
A. a sowing guide
B. a home and garden magazine
C. local building codes
A. a simple machine
B. a photo diode
C. a compound machine
A. cottonwood, alder or willow
sticks
B. oak, maple or hickory
branches
C. cedar bark, pine needles or
dried weed tops
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25. Which of these is an
environmental application of
biotechnology?
27. Which of these is an
environmental application of
nanotechnology?
29. Which of these is a
systematic investigation of
natural phenomena to discover
underlying patterns or laws?
A. chemicals that disperse spills
B. lowering resistance in high
power lines with nanotubules
C. microbes that produce plastics
A. converting radioactive waste
to non-radioactive waste
B. plants that use less water
C. making solar cells flexible
enough to use as shingles
CORRECT: C, C
A. engineering
B. technology
C. science
CORRECT: C, C
CORRECT: C, C
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26. If you are riding a bicycle
uphill and it is getting difficult to
pedal, what can you do to make
it easier?
28. Which of these plants can
cause a persistent itchy red
rash?
30. What is the difference
between true north and magnetic
north on a compass called?
A. shift into a higher gear
B. shift into the highest gear
C. shift into a lower gear
A. stinging nettles or smilax
B. buckthorns or hawthorns
C. poison ivy, poison oak or
poison sumac
A. direction
B. latitude
C. declination
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26. What is a technological
approach characterized by large
scale, centrally located, energy
intensive strategies?
28. Which techology results in
the unintended transfer of
resistance to herbicides in weed
species? (not a good thing)
A. appropriate technology
B. micropower technology
C. capital-intensive technology
A. nanotechnology
B. surfactant technology
C. genetic engineering
CORRECT: C, C
CORRECT: C, C
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30. An LED light bulb uses 9
watts (W) per hour for 10 hours
(h) a day. How many kilowatt
hours (kWh) does it use in a
day? Use the formula kWh = (W
x h)/1000
A. 0.9
B. 9
C. 0.09
CORRECT: C, C
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