Invention and innovation/ Chapter 9

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Inventions used for something other than the purposes for which they were intended. -Adaptations -Spin-offs -innovations

Adaptations

A CD player is an example of which type of invention?

Devices and machines

A scientific _____________ is made when something that occurs naturally is first noticed. -invention -innovation -discovery -adaptation

Discovery

Are laws of motion and invention or discovery?

Discovery

Are vacuums and invention or discovery?

Discovery

Is electricity and invention or discovery?

Discovery

In which step of the invention process do inventors build models and test them?

Experimentation

True or False? All mammals have the ability to think creatively.

False

True or False? Inventors do not need to know about products that already exist because they are not concerned with the present.

False

True or False? New and unique products are called innovations.

False

True or False? The telegraph and steam engine are inventions of the Information Age.

False

________ inventions are created to make money. -social -financial -leisure

Financial

What is the correct order of the invention process?

Identify the problem, collect info., Think creatively, experiment, review

What is the process of altering an existing product or system to improve it?

Innovation

Are hot air balloons and invention or discovery?

Invention

Are lightbulbs and invention or discovery?

Invention

Are vacuums cleaners and invention or discovery?

Invention

_______ inventions are devices and processes created for the pleasure of inventing. -Social -financial -leisure

Leisure

True or False? A challenge is an obstacle or goal that needs to be met.

True

True or False? A problem is anything that can be made better through change.

True

True or False? Inventions can be made less expensive with innovation.

True

True or False? Many invention teams work in research labs.

True

True or False? Products are manufactured artifacts.

True

A new technique for performing surgeries is an example of which type of invention?

Processes

Which of the following is not a part of the problem-solving process? - Troubleshooting -experimentation -Research and development -Scientific discovery

Scientific discovery

________ inventions are created to help the inventor or other people. -Social -financial -leisure

Social

Invention is a problem-______ process. -solving -making -eliminating

Solving

The idea for a the protective clothing firefighters wear came from the idea of the space suit. What is this called?

Spin- off

What happens if during the review stage of the invention process, the inventor realizes the invention does not solve the problem? -inventor quits -starts over with step 1 -celebrates

Starts over with step 1

During which stage of time were the wheel and the plow invented?

The bronze age

Which of the following was a financial invention? -The smallpox vaccine -the wheelchair -the cotton gin -playing cards

The cotton gin


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