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Science

The knowledge obtained by observing natural events and conditions in order to discover facts and formulate laws or principles that can be verified or tested.

Scientific Methods

A series of steps followed to solve problems, including collecting data, formulating a hypothesis, testing the hypothesis, and stating conclusions.

Observation

The process of obtaining information by using the senses.

Hypothsis

an explanation that is based on prior scientific research or observations and that can be tested .

Data

Any pieces of of information acquired through observation or experimentation.

Model

A pattern, plan, representation, or description designed to show the structure or workings of an object, system, or concept.

Theory

An explanation for some phenomenon that is based on observation, experimentation, and reasoning

Law

A summary of many experimental results and observations; a law tells how things work.

Technology

The products and processes that are designed to serve our needs.

Engineering

The process of creating technology.

Engineering Design Process

The process engineers use to develop a new technology.

Prototype

A test model of a product.

Cost-Benefit Analysis

The process of determining whether the cost of doing something is worth the benefit provided.

Bioengineering

The application of engineering to living things, such as human and plants.

Assistive Bioengineering

Engineering that results in a product that helps living organisms but does not change them permanently.

Adaptive Bioengineering

Engineering that results in a product or process that changes living organisms.

Meter

The basic unit of length in Sl (symbol, m).

Area

A measure of the size of a surface or a region.

Mass

A measure of the amount of matter in an object; a fundamental property of an object that is not affected by the forces that act on the object, such as the gravitational force.

Volume

A measure of the size of a body or region in three-dimensional space.

Density

The ratio of the mass of a substance to the volume of the substance; often expressed as grams per cubic centimeter for solids and liquids and as grams per liter for gases.

Temperature

A measure of how hot (or cold) something is; specifically, a measure of the average kinetic energy of the particles in an object.