Investigations
Matter
Engineering Design Process
100

Possible explanation for a set of observations or answer to a scientific question.

What is hypothesis?

100

Anything that has mass and takes up space.

What is matter?

100

An application of science for practical purposes.

What is technology?

200

The variable that a scientist changes.

What is an independent variable?

200

The amount of matter in an object.

What is mass?

200

The process used to create new technologies.

What is the engineering design process?

300

A variable not being tested but used for comparison.

What is the control?

300

A measure of the gravitational force on an object.

What is weight?

300

A model used to demonstrate an idea.

What is a prototype?

400

The variable that changes because of the independent variable.

What is a dependent variable?

400

The amount of space an object takes up.

What is volume?

400

A restriction while solving a problem using the engineering design process.

What is a constraint?

500

Test of a hypothesis under conditions established by the scientist.

What is a controlled experiment?

500

Mass/Volume


What is density?

500

When you have to compromise one thing for another.

What is a trade-off?

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