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22 Cards in this Set
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Science |
The process of gathering knowledge about the natural world |
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Scientific method |
The ways in which scientists answer questions and solve problems |
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observation |
Any use of the senses to gather information |
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hypothesis |
a possible explanation or answer to a question |
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Data |
pieces of information acquired through experiments |
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model or prototype |
a representation of an object or system |
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theory |
a unifying explanation for a broad range of hypotheses and observations that have been supported by testing. |
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law |
a summery of many experimental results and observations. |
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technology |
the products and 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 determining whether the cost of doing something is worth the benefit provided |
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bio engineering |
the application of engineering to living things, such as humans and plants |
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assitive bio engineering |
developed to help organisms without changing them |
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adaptive bio engineering |
changes the living organism |
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matter |
the basic unit of length in the SI |
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area |
a measure of the size of a sure face or a region |
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mass |
a measure of the amount of matter in the object |
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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 |
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tempature |
a measure of how hot or cold something is |
