Science and Engineering
Exploring Systems and Models
Society Technology and the Natural World
Engineering Design Process
Vocabulary
100

In the cart lab, Measuring and observing the distance is a form of this.

What is a Scientific Investigation ?

100

_____ leaves the system.

What are Outputs?

100

Society's needs inspire this

What is Technology?

100

EDP Is also known as ____

What is the Engineering Design Process?

100

Designing Solutions to solve problems

What is Engineering ?

200

Improving what works is a form of

What is an Engineering Task?

200

the parts of the system that interact to do a job

What are components?

200

In the Wheelchair example, these were made to make is easier for wheel chairs to get around

What are ramps and/or street signs?

200

This is Phase 1 of the Engineering Design Process

What is research and define ?

200

interacting parts working together

What is a system?

300

Controlling Conditions in an Experiment is a form of 

Scientific Investigation 

300

________ help people represent systems in ways that are easier to study, test, and communicate.

What are models?

300

Technology often follows this 

What is a social change ?

300

an original model of something that will be improved later 

What is a prototype?

300

_____ and _______ are interdependent. We investigate to understand. We design to solve.

What is Science and Engineering ?

400

Building and Testing ideas is a form of this

What is an Engineering Task?

400

A smaller system inside of a bigger one

What is a subsystem?

400
If the room was to hot, the need to be comfortable caused this form of technology to be made. 

What is an AC Unit?

400
phases 2 and 3 of the EDP

What are test and collect data? (develop and test, optimize and test)

400

desired features of success

What is Criteria?

500

Explaining how things work is a form of this 

What is a scientific task?

500

_____ shows system limits

What are boundaries?

500

Technology can harm the world in these ways

What is 

using up resources

increasing pollution

changing land and water 

creating new environmental problems 

500

these put limits on solutions 

What are constraints ?

500

a tool, process, or system

What is Technology ?

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