Ch1 Vocab

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Scientific method

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

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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 principals that can be verified or tested

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Observation

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The process of obtaining information using the senses.

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Hypothesis

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An explanation that’s based on prior scientific research or observations and that can be tested

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Data

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Any pieces of information acquired through observation or experimentation

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Model

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

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Theory

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

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Law

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

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Technology

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The products and process that are designed to serve our needs

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Engineering

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The process of creating technology

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Engineering design

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The process engineers use to develop new technology

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Prototype

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A test model of a product

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Cost-benefit analysis

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The process of determining whether the cost of doing something is worth the benifit

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Bioengineering

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

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Assistive bioengineering

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

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Meter

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The basic unit of length in the SI

Symbol = M

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Area

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A measure of the size of a surface or region

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Mass

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A measure of the amount of matter in a object; a fundamental property of an object that isn’t affected by the forces that act of the object, such as gravity

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Volume

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

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Density

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

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Temperature

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