Technology and Engineering
What is bioengineering?
Bioengineering is engineering that develops technology for living things.
What is a biome?
A biome is characterized by abiotic factors such as climate and biotic factors such as plant and animal communities.
How do surface currents affect the climate?
Surface currents affect the climate of the land near which they flow.
What is energy?
the ability to do work
What is a producer?
A producer is a plant that uses photosynthesis to make food for itself and also is food for other animals.
What needs do engineers develop?
Social, political, and economic.
Name three forest biomes
Temperate deciduous forests, coniferous forests, and tropical rainforests.
What is radiation?
Radiation is the transfer through electromagnetic waves.
What is kinetic energy?
Kinetic energy is motion and depends on speed and mass.
What is a limiting factor in an environment?
Limiting factors in an environment keep a population from growing without limit.
Does technology have intended consequences or unintended consequences?
Technology has unintended consequences.
What are grasslands?
Grasslands are areas where grasses are the main plant.
what is weather?
weather is the condition of the atmosphere at a certain time.
What is potential energy?
Potential energy is energy that is in the position to move, it just needs a push or a pull.
A predator is an organism that eats another organism.
What 3 things are closely related to technology and engineering?
Science, technology engineering, and mathematics.
What are abiotic and biotic things?
Biotic is living, and abiotic is non-living.
What is humidity?
Humidity is the amount of moisture in the air.
What is mechanical energy?
Mechanical energy is the sum of kinetic and potential energy in an object.
what do some features of prey have to survive?
camouflage
What is technology and engineering?
the practical application of science and engineering to a wide range of real-world problems
What are deserts?
Desert are very dry and often hot.
What is a cold and warm front?
Cold front: Big storms and then cool weather
Warm front: Small storms and then warm weather.
What is elastic potential energy?
Elastic Potential energy is potential energy due to the energy put in when the object is stretched.
What is symbiosis?
Symbiosis is a close relationship between 2 organisms.