Campbell Biology: Concepts & Connections (9th Edition)

Published by Pearson
ISBN 10: 0-13429-601-X
ISBN 13: 978-0-13429-601-2

Chapter 1 - Review - Page 18: 13

Answer

Scientific knowledge must be applied in order to create technology. Learning the life cycle of a plant as it grows is science, but applying knowledge about this process to design farming equipment is technology. The machine that harvests the plants is technology, but scientific knowledge is limited to what has been observed and tested about them.

Work Step by Step

Scientific knowledge and often, the scientific method, are used to create technology, but knowledge is what is discovered through the scientific method, and technology is what is created by applying this knowledge.
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