Engineering Basics
This is the process of using science to find solutions or answers to a problem.
Engineering
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This is what engineers build during the “create” step to try out their solution.
prototype
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Engineers review their data and design during this step to determine how to make their solution better.
improve
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This famous engineer was interested in the science of sound.
Alexander Graham Bell
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The telephone was presented to the public at this event in Philadelphia.
the World Exhibition
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These are the six steps of the engineering design process.
define, ideate, plan, create, test, and improve
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During this step, engineers find out whether their prototype meets the criteria and constraints.
testing
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This term means making small adjustments to a prototype to make it better.
refining a prototype
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Bell became interested in the science of sound partly because these two people in his family were deaf. Who were the poeple?
his wife and mother
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The telephone was presented to the public in this month and year.
June 1876
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This is the first step of the engineering design process.
defining the problem
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Engineers collect this during testing in the form of notes, measurements, charts, or graphs.
data
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Engineers ask this question after reviewing the data from their test.
“How can I improve my solution?”
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Before the telephone, people commonly communicated over long distances using these two methods.
letters and telegraphs
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The voice quality of early telephone calls was described using these two words.
crackly and unclear
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These are the standards engineers use to decide whether a solution is successful.
criteria
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This happens when a test is unable to perform its normal or intended function.
failure
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This phrase means engineers have decided to start again from the very beginning of the process.
“go back to the drawing board”
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A telegraph sent messages down a wire using what code?
Morse code
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Engineers do this after completing the engineering design process so others can learn from their discoveries.
communicate what they learned
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This is a limitation or boundary engineers face when designing a solution.
constraint
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Engineers use the data they collect to do this to their design.
evaluate it
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Engineers should look at this after testing to determine what the results show.
their data
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This man worked with Alexander Graham Bell to create and test a telephone prototype.
Thomas Augustus Watson
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This can be positive or can include suggestions for improvement.
feedback
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