Vocabulary
made or manufactured
produced
want
wanted
The first step in the engineering design process is to ______ the problem.
define
In many countries, people raise crops and ______ for food.
livestock
A _____ compares amounts.
ratio
increased suddenly
surged
try
tried
An engineer _______ information to choose a solution.
evaluates
Famine is widespread ________.
starvation
You can represent a unit rate on a _________.
DOUBLE
graph, number line, or table
needed for a particular reason
DOUBLE
required
enjoy
enjoyed
Engineers make a ________ and test it to see how well it works.
prototype
In 2001, ______ ruined the maize crops in Malawi.
DOUBLE
flooding
A __________ shows how much of one quantity there is for one unit of another quantity.
unit rate
moved backward and forward or from side to side
swayed
shake
shook
Make changes to improve the __________.
solution
The flooding in Malawi had serious ________.
consequences
If a windmill generates 8 kilowatts per hour, how many kilowatts generate in 7 hours?
56 kilowatts
a machine that converts mechanical energy into electricity
generator
think
thought
The engineering design process ______ when the solution works as planned.
end
Both war and weather can cause ________.
famine
If a windmill generates 8 kilowatts per hour, how many minutes does it take to generate 24 kilowatts?
180 minutes