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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 or principals. |
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Scientific method |
A series of steps followed to solve problems including collecting data formulating a hypothesis test the hypothesis and stating conclusion |
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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 of information acquired though observation or experimentation |
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Model |
A pattern plan representation or description designed to show the structure or working of an object system or concept. |
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Theory |
An explanation for some phenomenon that is based on observation 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 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 of determining whether the cost of a 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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Assistive bio engineering |
Engineering that results in a product or process that helps living organisms but does not change them permanently |
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Adaptive Bio engineering |
engineering that results in a product or process that changes living organisms |
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meter |
The basic unit of length in the SL (symbol m) |
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area |
a measure of the size of a surface or a region |
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Mass |
A measure of the amount of matter in a object a fundamental property of an object that is not affected by the force that act on the object such as the gravitational force. |
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Volume |
A measure of the size of a body or a region in three dimensional space |
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Density |
The ratio of the mass of a substance to the volume of the substance often expressed as grams per cubic centimeter for solid and liquids and as grams per liter for gases. |
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Temperature |
A measure of how hot something is specifically a measure of the average kinetic energy of the particles in a object. |
