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Activity 1.1.2 Terms

Introduction to Engineering

TermDefinition
Science The study of our natural world through observation, identification, description, experimental investigation, and theoretical explanations.
Technology The way people use resources to meet their wants and needs.
Engineering Using technological and scientific knowledge to solve practical problems.
Math The science of patterns and order and the study of measurement, properties, and the relationships of quantities using numbers and symbols.
STEM The integration of Science, Technology, Engineering and Math that solve problems based on societal needs and wants.
Invention A new product, system, or process that has never existed before, created by study and experimentation.
Innovation An improvement of an existing technological product, system, or method of doing something.
Process Human activities used to create, invent, design, transform, produce, control, maintain, and use products or systems; a sequence of actions that combines resources to produce an output.
System A group of interacting, interrelated, or interdependent elements or parts that function together as a whole to accomplish a goal.
Two major responsibilities of Engineers are: Invent - develop a new product, system, or process that has never existed before. Innovate - improve an existing technological product, system or method.
Resposibilities of an Engineer are: Design, build, analyze, create, orchestrate, invent, improve, evaluate, conceive.
Created by: adriank.suffren
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