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24 definitions

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the process of gathering knowledge about the natural world   SCIENCE  
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the ways in which scientist answer questions and solve problems   SCIENTIFIC METHOD  
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any use of the senses to gather information   OBSERVATION  
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a possible explanation or answer to a question   HYPOTHESIS  
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pieces of information acquired through experimentation   DATA  
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a representation of an object or system   MODEL  
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a test model of a product   PROTOTYPE  
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an explanation for some phenomenom that is based on observation, experimentation, and reasoning   THEORY  
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a summary of many experimental results and observation; tells how things work   LAW  
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products and processes that are designed to serve our needs   TECHNOLOGY  
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the process of creating technology   ENGINEERING  
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the process engineers use to develop a new technology   ENGINEERING DESIGN PROCESS  
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the process of determining whether the cost of doing something is worth the benefit provided   COST-BENEFIT-ANALYSIS  
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the application of engineering to living things, such as humans and plants   BIOENGINEERING  
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engineering that results in a product or process that helps living organisms WITHOUT CHANGING them   ASSISTIVE BIOENGINEERING  
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engineering that results in a product or process that CHANGES living organisms   ADAPTIVE BIOENGINEERING  
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the basic SI unit of LENGTH   METER  
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the measure of the size of a surface or a region   AREA  
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the amount of matter something is made up of   MASS  
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a measure of the size of a body or region in three-dimensional space   VOLUME  
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amount of matter in a given volume   DENSITY  
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a measure of how hot or cold something is   TEMPERATURE  
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the basic SI unit of measurement for temperature (along with kelvin)   CELCIUS  
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the English unit of measurment for temperature   FAHRENHEIT  
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