Models
Vocabulary
Observation Skills
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Early Autos
100
What is the scientific word for a "representation of how something is or how it works?
What is a model
100
A rod on which a wheel turns is a(n) ______________.
What is an axle?
100
How do people gather information from the world around them? (The 5 ___________)
What is 5 senses?
100
What is the first step of the engineering process?
What is design?
100
What was a disadvantage of early electric cars?
What is... Didn't travel far on one charge. Didn't go very fast.
200
What type of model is a sketch, a diagram or a description with words?
What is a conceptual model?
200
The body of a car can be called a ____________.
What is a chassis?
200
What do you call the sketches, diagrams, or descriptions that help us remember what we observed?
What are models?
200
If a wheel is 4 cm in diameter, about how far will it travel with each rotation?
What is 12 or 13 cm.
200
What is an advantage of modern electric cars? 2 reasons possible.
What is 1. don't depend on oil (from other countries) 2. Don't pollute the environment
300
What type model is three dimensional?
What is a physical model?
300
What is the name for a person who uses knowledge of science and math to design useful things?
What is an engineer?
300
While doing an investigation we are often focused by a ___________________
What is a question?
300
If you double the wheel size of a car, how much farther will it travel with each rotation of the wheel?
What is twice or double?
300
Electric cars are ... MORE EXPENSIVE or LESS EXPENSIVE ...than internal combustion cars
What is MORE EXPENSIVE?
400
What do you call a physical model which is used for testing a design idea. It's name means "first type."
What is a prototype?
400
What word means "to work together?"
What is to collaborate?
400
What is the word for using numbers to measure or count results of observations? Begins with "q"
What is quantify?
400
Which of these is not a model? --toy car --stuffed toy elephant --picture or diagram of the inside of the earth --a van
What is a van?
400
Who gets credit for making assembly line manufacturing popular?
What is Henry Ford?
500
What is the name for a system which can't be observed directly or is not easily understood?
What is a black box mystery?
500
What word means to come to an agreement?
What is consensus?
500
When we use slow, repeated, careful movements to observe something we are working d____________.
What is deliberately?
500
What gave the energy to propell our self-propelled cars?
What is rubber band?
500
What car did Henry Ford manufacture which was cheap enough that average families could own one?
What is the Model T.
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