A version of a machine, usually used for testing the product.
What is Prototype?
The energy of motion, found using 1/2 times mass times volume squared.
What is kinetic energy?
Where cellular respiration happens, present in all cells
What is Mitochondria?
The process of breaking rocks down into smaller pieces.
What is Weathering?
The basic unit of a chemical element
What is an Atom?
Standards used to evaluate a prototype
What is Criteria?
Forces that are equal in size and opposite in direction, causing no change in motion.
What are Balanced Forces?
Cell organelle containing DNA
What is Nucleus?
The process of moving sediment from one place to another.
What is erosion?
The mass per unit of a substance
What is Density?
A set of interconnected components working together.
What is System?
The tendency of an object to resist a change in motion.
What is Inertia?
Organelle where photosynthesis occurs in plants.
What is Chloroplast?
Layer of gases surrounding earth, essential for life.
What is Atmosphere?
A substance that can't be broken down into a smaller substance by chemical means.
What is an Element?
A limitation that restricts design options.
What is Constraint?
The overall force acting on an object after all forces are combined.
What is Net Force?
Transmission of traits from parent to offspring.
What is Heredity?
The continuous movement of water through evaporation and precipitation.
What is Water Cycle?
A homogenous mixture composed of two or more substances.
What is a Solvent?
A cyclical method of creating and refining a product by repeatedly testing, analyzing, and improving it based on feedback and performance
What is Iterative Design?
States that the total momentum of a closed system remains constant, as long as no external forces act on it
What is Law of Conservation of Momentum?
The process by which living organisms maintain a stable internal environment despite changes in external conditions
What is Homeostasis?
Water that slides off of ground into lakes, rivers, or other bodies of water.
What is Runoff?
A state of being separate from states of matter (solid, liquid, gas)
What is Plasma?