Magnetism
Experimental Design
Technology
Gravity
Metric Conversions
100
Region of space affected by the Earth’s magnetic field
What is a magnetosphere?
100
The variable that the experimenter changes
What is the independent variable?
100
full scale model upon which future products are based (first model that is built)
What is a prototype?
100
The amount of matter in an object.
What is mass?
100
basic unit used to measure mass
What is gram?
200
Unlike magnetic poles do this to each other
What is attract?
200
The standard to which the outcome of a test is compared.
What is a control?
200
A type of intellectual property
What is patent, trademark, copyright?
200
This law states that everything that has mass has gravity.
What is the Law of Universal Gravitation?
200
The abbreviation for kiloliter
What is kl?
300
A device that uses a magnetic needle that can turn freely to determine direction
What is a compass?
300
The number of variables that can be changed in an experiment
What is one?
300
The limitations put on the design of the product from outside factors, such as cost, environmental impact, and available materials
What are constraints?
300
The amount of gravitational force exerted on an object
What is weight?
300
The greater of these two measurements: 56 cm and 6m
What is 6m?
400
A current-carrying wire wrapped around an iron core
What is an electromagnet?
400
information gathered through the senses
What is observation?
400
Items designed specifically for use by people with disabilities.
What is adaptive technology?
400
The scientist who was the first to realize that gravity was the force that caused the moon to orbit around the earth.
Who is Sir Isaac Newton?
400
This can be used to find the mass of various objects.
What is a triple-beam balance?
500
A device that converts electric energy into kinetic energy
What is a motor?
500
An explanation of things or events based on scientific knowledge
What is scientific theory?
500
The Four Steps of the Engineering Design Process
What is research, design, create a prototype, and full scale production?
500
Your weight on the moon if you weighed 120 pounds on earth.
What is 20 pounds?
500
The standard system of measurement that scientists use to communicate and understand each other's research and results.
What is International System of Units, or SI.
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