TSA Technology Bowl

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TSA Motto

Learning to Lead in a Technical World

Official Colors

Scarlet (red), White, and Navy Blue

Creed Opening

I believe that Technology Education holds an important place in my life in the technical world

Goals

Leadership, Technological Education, Knowledge, Respect, Motivation, Choices

Old name of TSA

AIASA (American Industrial Arts Student Association)

President Symbol

Gavel

Vice President Symbol

Star

Secretary Symbol

Pen

Treasurer Symbol

Balanced Budget

Reporter Symbol

Beacon Tower

Sergeant-at-Arms Symbol

Hearty Handshake

TSA Service Project

The American Cancer Society (Relay for Life)

Color of TSA Letters in Logo

White

Blue Symbolism in Logo

Sincerity

White Symbolism in Logo

High Standards

Red Symbolism in Logo

Strength and Determination

Quorum

minimum number of members needed to conduct business

Privileged Motions

take precedence over all other questions

One rap of the gavel

announcement of adjournment

Two raps of the gavel

call the meeting to order

Three raps of the gavel

all members to stand

Types of Memberships

Regular, Alumni, Associate, Honorary Life

National Headquarters

Reston, Virginia

LEAP

Leadership, Education, Achievement, Personal Growth

Input

Resource that goes into system

Process

action of system

Output

Finished product/result

Feedback

Informaiton used to monitor system

Tension

A force that pulls/stretches a material apart

Compression

A force that pushes/squeezes material together

Torsion

Force that twists a material

Shear

Force that slides one part of the material one direction and another part in the opposite direction

Hardiness

Resistance to scratching/denting

Ductility

The ability of a material (typically metal) to be stretched into a thin wire without breaking

Law of Conversation of Energy

Energy cannot be created or destroyed, only changed from one form to another

Big 5 Renewable Energies

Solar, Wind, Hydro, Geothermal, Biomass

Renewable Energy

energy from a source that is not depleted when used

Nonrenewable Energy

cannot be replenished (made again) in a short period of time

Work Formula

Force x Distance

Power Formula

Work/Time

Inclined Plane Mechanical Advantage

Length of Slope/Height

Lever Mechanical Advantage

Length of Effort Arm/Length of Resistance Arm

Custom Production

Prodcuts made specific to order

Batch Production

A specific quantity of a product is made

Continuous/Mass Production

Products made in constant flow on an assembly line

Interchangable Parts

components that are identical for practical purposes

Inches to millimeters conversion

1 = 25.4

Eli Whitney

Interchangeable Parts/Cotton Gin

Henry Ford

Assembly Line

Nikola Tesla

Alternating Current

Thomas Edison

Direct Current

Guglielmo Marconi

Wireless Telegraphy (Radio)

Grace Hopper

COBOL; first compiler for a computer programming language

The Wright Brothers

World’s first airplane

ASCII

American Standard Code for Information Interchange (character encoding for e-communication)

Pixel

Picture Element

Resolution Measurement for Printing

Dots per inch

Resolution Measurement for Screens

Pixels per Inch

URL

Uniform Resource Locator (web page address)

Bandwidth

Maximum rate of data transferred across a given path

OSHA Standards - Red

Danger/Stop (fire equitment, emergency stop buttons)

OSHA Standards - Orange

Warning (dangerous parts of machine)

OSHA Standards - Yellow

Caution (tripping/physical hazards)

OSHA Standards - Green

Safety (first aid kits)

OSHA Standards - Blue

Information (signs)

OSHA Standards - Purple

Radiation hazards

COBOL

Earliest high-level programming language

Micrometer

Used for precise linear measurements such as diameter/thickness/lengths

Caliper

Used to measure the distance between two opposite sides of an object

Tolerance

Total amount a specific dimension is allowed to vary

Studs

Vertical members that form walls

Joists

Horizontal members that support floors and ceilings

Rafters

Sloping members that support the roof

Sill Plate

The bottom horizontal member of a wall that rests on the foundation

Sheathing

The "skin" of the building (usually OSB or Plywood) attached to the outside of the studs/rafters

Drywall, Gypsum Board or Sheetrock

Used for interior walls

Pneumatic

Uses compressed air

Hydraulic

Uses liquid (oil)

Pascal’s Law

pressure applied to a confined fluid is trasmitted undiminished

Volts (V)

Potential difference (electrical pressure)

Amps (I)

Current (flow of electrons)

Ohms (R)

Resistance (opposition to flow)

Watts (P)

Power; V x I

Ohm’s Law

V = I x R

Binary

Base 2 numbering system

1 byte

8 bits

Tim Berners-Lee

Invented World Wide Web (WWW) in 1989

Vinton Cerf and Bob Kahn

Founders of the internet for making TCP/IP

7 Resources of Technology

People, Information, Materials, Tools, Energy, Capital, Time

4 Principles of Flight

Lift, Weight (Gravity), Thrust, and Drag

Quality Control

Checking products after they are made to ensure they meet standards

Just-in-Time

Inventory strategy to reduce in-process inventory and costs

Custom

one of a kind

Antibiotics

Chemicals that kill bacteria, NOT viruses

DNA Structure

Double Helix

Four Bases

Adenine, Thymine, Cytosine, Guanine

DNA Base Pairings

A - T and C - G

Uracil

Replaces T in RNA

RNA Base pairings

A - U and C - G

X-Ray

Used for bones