Invention and innovation/ Chapter 9
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
