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STEM Vocabulary #1
20 Vocabulary Words For The Beginning Of Q3
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Agriculture | The raising of crops & animals for food/feed/fiber/fuel/other products. |
| Artifact | A human-made object. |
| Biotechnology | All the technology connected with plan & animal life. |
| Communication | The transmission of information through a common system of symbols/signs/behavior/speech/writing/signals. |
| Contruction | The act/process of building/erecting/constructing buildings/roads/other structures. |
| Energy | The ability to do work. Energy is one of the basic resources used by a technological system. |
| Engineering | Using technological & scientific knowledge to solve practical problems. |
| Environment | The surroundings in which a person/animal/plant lives. |
| Ergonomics | The study of workplace equipment design/ how to arrange & design devices/machines/machines/work space so that people and things interact safely & efficiently. |
| Industrial | Of/relating to/resulting from industry. |
| Innovation | An improvement of an existing technological product, system, or method of doing something. |
| Invention | A new product system/process that has never existed before, created by study & experiment. |
| Manufacturing | The process of making a raw material into a finished product; especially in large quantities. |
| Math | The science of patterns & order & the study of measurement, properties, & the relationships of quantities using numbers & symbols. |
| Nanotechnology | The science & technology of building devices, such as electronic circuits, from single atoms & molecules. |
| Process | Human activity used to create, invent, design, transform, produce, control, maintain, & use products/systems; a sequence of actions that combines resources to produce an output. |
| Science | The study of our natural world through observation, identification, description, experimental investigation, & theoretical explanation. |
| System | A group of interacting, interrelated, interdependent elements/parts that function together as a whole to accomplish a goal. |
| Technology | The way people use resources to meet their wants & needs. |
| Transportation | The process by which passengers/goods are moved/delivered from one place to another. |