The axis that goes from left to right (horizontal).
What is the x-axis?
100
to improve the way people live.
What is the goal of technology?
100
In the technology design process, it is the next step after defining a problem.
What is "research the problem fully"?
100
10
What number is the metric system based on?
200
median
What is the middle number of a data set that is ordered least to greatest?
200
The axis that goes up and down (vertical).
What is the y-axis?
200
obsolete
What is a product that is no longer used?
200
These are working models that are used to test the operation of a product.
What is a prototype?
200
the basic unit of length in the metric system.
What is a meter?
300
mode
What is the number that occurs most frequently in a data set?
300
these should always be on every graph you make.
What are the axis labels, scale and title?
300
Pens, paper and computer software.
What are examples of coexisting technologies?
300
Identifying the cause of any problems in a design
What is troubleshooting?
300
The number of meters in a kilometer.
What is 1,000?
400
how to calucalate the mean.
What is "sum of all the values divided by the number of values in the data set"?
400
a single straight line that reflects the general pattern of the data.
What is a line of best fit?
400
How people modify the world around them to meet their needs or to solve practical problems.
What is technology?
400
analyzing both risks and benefits.
How should people decide whether to use a technology?
400
the difference between weight and mass.
What is "weight depends on the force of gravity"?
500
the median of the following data set:
10, 30, 11, 12, 25
What is 12?
500
how to use a line of best fit to make a prediction.
What is "find the value on the x-axis; go straight up to the line of best fit; then go left to the y-axis and read the corresponding value on the y-axis"?
500
A way of learning about the natural world through observations and logical reasoning.