INPUTS STUDY GUIDE
For the following next, match the Resources with to the correct definition. Place the corresponding letter to the left of the definition.
1.
______
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
_____
_____
_____
_____
_____
_____
Definition
It is barter, money, credit, or property . We require the assistance of others to assemble our necessary resources.
Helps us to meet our needs and wants. The big differences between us and other species is that we can learn and increase our knowledge and our past experiences.
Since the industrial era, has been measured in hours, minutes, and seconds. Our forefathers measured it by the setting and rising of the sun.
We now measure it in nanoseconds (billionths of a second). The cost of making any product must include the labor cost to make it.
The source of power for all of our technological systems. The sources may be natural or synthetic, renewable or nonrenewable . Without it, technology would cease to exist.
Includes hand tools and machines. Extends our human capabilities to do work. They allow us to do jobs easier and faster.
The creators and the consumers of technology.
The most important resource.
The goods that we develop into products. They can be classified as raw or synthetic . If raw, it will be renewable and non-renewable .
A.
Resources
Capital
B.
Energy
C.
Information
D.
Materials
E.
People
F.
Temperature
G.
Time
H.
Tools
8.
Inputs can be grouped into _______________ resources.
9.
________________ are artifacts that expand what humans are able to do.
10.
________________ are those simple handheld artifacts that require human muscle power or air or electric power to make them operate.
11.
_______________ are artifacts that transmit or change the application of power, force or motion.
12.
Tools can be divided into two categories. The categories are ______________________ and ________________________.

*
*
*
*
INPUTS STUDY GUIDE
13. List the categories of hand tools.
*
*
*
*
14.
Simple machines work on two principles. The two principles are
________________________ and __________________________. The first principle incorporates _________________________, _________________________________ and ________________________________. The second principle incorporates
_________________________, ________________________________ and
_________________________________.
15. Materials can be classified as:
*
*
*
16. The properties of materials are:
*
*
*
*
17. _____________________ are the raw facts and figures that are collected by people and machines.

INPUTS STUDY GUIDE
18. _____________________________ is data that has been sorted and categorized for human use. It can be grouped into ______________________________,
_______________________________ or ________________________________ information.
19. Information that is learned and applied by people is called
_______________________________.
20. __________________ is the key to our survival.
21. There are _______________ sources of energy. It can be _______________________,
_____________________________ or __________________________.
*
*
*
*
22. The types of energy are:
*
*
23. _____________________ is the most important input.