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21 Cards in this Set
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Engineers
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Design products people use;
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Quantilative Statement
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Describes an event in words;
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Quantitative Statment
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Uses math equations to describean event;
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Models
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A representation of an object, system or event tha is too big, small, or complex to study;
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SI Units
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Scientists use standard units of measure that together form the SI units;
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Time
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Seconds;
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Tempature
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Kelvin;
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Science
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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;
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Technology
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The application of science for practical purposes;
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Law
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A descriptive statement or equation that reliably predicts events under certain condition;
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Theory
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A system of ideas that explain many related observations and is supported by a large bod of evidence acquired though scientific investigation;
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Varible
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A factor that changes in an expirement in irder to see a hypothesis;
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Volume
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A measure of the size of body or region in a 3 dimentional space;
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Scientific Method
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A series of steps followed to solve problems including collected data, formulating a hypothesis, testing and stating;
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Precision
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The exactness of a measurment;
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Significant figure
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A prescribed decimal place that determines the amount of rounding off to be done based on the precison of the measurment;
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Accuracy
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A description of how close a measurment is to the true value of the quantity measured
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Critical Thinking
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The abikity and willingness to asses the claims critacally and to make judgements on the basis of the objectives and supported reason;
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Length
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A measurement of the straight lines distance between two points;
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Mass
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A measurement of the amount of matter in an object
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Weight
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A measurement of the gravitational force exerted from an object;
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