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22 Cards in this Set
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Science |
the knowledge obtained by observing natural events and conditions in order to discover facts and formulate laws oir principles that can be verified or tested |
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Scientific methods |
A series of steps followed to solve problems, including collecting data, formulating a hypthiesis, testing the hypothesis, and stating conclustions |
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Observation |
the process of obtaining information by using the senses |
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Hypothesis |
An explanation that is based on prior scientific research or observations and that can be tested |
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Data |
any pieces oof information acquired through observation or experimentation |
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Model |
A pattern, plan, representation, or description designed to show the structure or workings of an object, system, or concept |
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Theory |
An explanation for some phenomenon that is based on obserbation, experimentation, and reasoning |
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Law |
a summary of many experimental results and observations; a law tells how things work |
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Technology |
The products processes that are designed to serve our needs |
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engineering |
The process of creating technology |
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Engineering Design Process |
The process engineers use to develop a new technology |
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Prototype |
A test model of a product |
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Cost-benefit analysis |
The process of determining whether the cost of doing something is worth the benefit provided |
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Bioengineering |
The application of engineering to living things, such as humans and plants |
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Assistive Bioengineering |
engineering that results in a product or process that helps living organisms but does not change them permently |
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Adaptive Bioengineering |
Engineering that results in a product or process that changesliving organisms |
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Meter |
Basic unit of length in the SL (symbol, m) |
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Area |
A measure of the size a surface or region |
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Mass |
A measure of the amount of matter in an object; a fundamental property of an objct that is not affected by the forces that act on the obbject, such as the gravitational force |
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Volume |
A Measure of the size of a body or region in three-dimensional space |
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Density |
The ratio of the mass of a substance to the volume of the substanc; often expressd as grams per cubic centimeter for solids and liquids and as grams per liter foor gases |
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Temperature |
A measure of how hot (or cold) something of the average kinetic energy of the particles in an object |
