Physical Science

Engineerin'

100

Minimum characteristics that a design must have to function

Criteria

200

To test a proposed solution to a problem, an engineer will construct a _______________.

Prototype

300

Anything that provides a partial representation of something else.

Plasma

400

What term refers to giving up a characteristic that is less important for a characteristic that is more important?

Tradeoff

500

What are the three major categories of steps for the Engineering Design Process?

1. Defining the problem

2. Designing a solution

3. Evaluating the solution

You Matter!!

100

A change that alters the type and identity of a substance.

Chemical change

200

What are the three states of matter?

Solid, Liquid, & Gas

300

The property of matter that makes it resist changes in motion.

Inertia

400

Which state of matter is a special type of gas that exists at extremely high temperatures?

Plasma

500

ANYTHING that has inertia

Matter

Physics Werds

100

Which branch of science is the study of interactions between matter and energy?

Physics

200

What is the push or pull on an object called?

Force

300

What property causes matter to resist changes in motion?

Inertia

400

What is defined as the amount of gravitational pull on an object?

Weight

500

Define "density"

The mass in a certain volume

I R Reasonin'

100

What is the tentative explanation a scientist formulates to describe his process?

Hypothesis

200

What fallacy occurs when someone attacks the person rather than the person's facts, premises or reasoning?

Ad hominem fallacy

300

What is an if/then statement in science called?

Hypothetical proposition

400

A single scientist obtaining results consistently after performing an experiment many times is called __________________________.

Repeatability

500

Interpreting data in a way that supports one's own political, social, or economic view is an example of _________.

Bias

Can you see the Future?

100

What system of measurement adds a prefix to each basic unit to make it larger or smaller?

The metric system

200

Express the number 2,200,000 in scientific notation.

2.2 X 10^6 

300

How many significantdigits are in 1000.10?

6

400

The sum of 9.21 m, 12.2 m, & 13.022 m is 34.432 m. What is answer using correct significant digits?

34.4 m

500

Which metric prefix represents a unit to the power of 10^-2

Centi-