FINAL REVIEW

8^th Grade FINAL EXAM REVIEW SHEET

Ruler Reading

Ages

Stone Age –Hunter, Gatherer civilization that used stone, wood, and bone for materials.

Agriculture Age- Developed tools and farming.  Were allowed to remain in one location and used metals like bronze and iron.

Industrial Age- Mass production of goods, the assembly line was created during this age.

Information Age- Mass communication, computers, and internet.  Today’s age.

Resources

Capital – Anything that can be used for currency, money, land, stocks…..

People  - Human beings                                                                                                              

Time – Seconds, minutes, hours, days, months, years, it takes time to do anything.

Machines/Tools                - Hammer, saw, drill press, sander..                                                                                     

Materials – Wood, Stone, Metal. (Natural)  Plastic, Rubber, Ceramic (Synthetic-Man made)

Energy  - Solar, Nuclear, Wind, Water, Oil, Coal, to create anything energy is needed.

Information –Intelligence the use of resources to help create anything.              

Processing of Materials

Separating – Removing of material from a project, sawing, sanding, filing, drilling

Combining –To put attach, gluing, nailing, screwing, stapling 

Forming – To mold, or shape

Conditioning – Changing the molecules of a material to enhance it by heating it up, cooling it down.

Finishing – Putting color, shine, oil, finish on a project.

Concepts                                                                                                               

 Ergonomics – How something forms to the human body. 

OSHA- Occupation Safety and Health Administration (An organization looking out for workers health)

Aesthetics – How something looks, visual appeal.                                                                                                           

Design Process/Problem Solving                                                              

Constraints – rules or laws you must follow, something holding you back.

Brainstorming  - A meeting of people to bounce ideas back and forth with each other.  No idea is stupid.                                          Trade Offs – What is being sacrificed when doing something. 

Drawing                                                                                   

 Isometric – 3-D drawing, no horizontal lines, goes out 30 degrees,                                                                                                         

 Oblique – 3-D drawing, starts on face, goes up and to the right at a 45 degree.