Science- Ch. 1 Terms Word Scramble
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Question | Answer |
the process of gathering knowledge about the natural world | SCIENCE |
the ways in which scientist answer questions and solve problems | SCIENTIFIC METHOD |
any use of the senses to gather information | OBSERVATION |
a possible explanation or answer to a question | HYPOTHESIS |
pieces of information acquired through experimentation | DATA |
a representation of an object or system | MODEL |
a test model of a product | PROTOTYPE |
an explanation for some phenomenom that is based on observation, experimentation, and reasoning | THEORY |
a summary of many experimental results and observation; tells how things work | LAW |
products and processes that are designed to serve our needs | TECHNOLOGY |
the process of creating technology | ENGINEERING |
the process engineers use to develop a new technology | ENGINEERING DESIGN PROCESS |
the process of determining whether the cost of doing something is worth the benefit provided | COST-BENEFIT-ANALYSIS |
the application of engineering to living things, such as humans and plants | BIOENGINEERING |
engineering that results in a product or process that helps living organisms WITHOUT CHANGING them | ASSISTIVE BIOENGINEERING |
engineering that results in a product or process that CHANGES living organisms | ADAPTIVE BIOENGINEERING |
the basic SI unit of LENGTH | METER |
the measure of the size of a surface or a region | AREA |
the amount of matter something is made up of | MASS |
a measure of the size of a body or region in three-dimensional space | VOLUME |
amount of matter in a given volume | DENSITY |
a measure of how hot or cold something is | TEMPERATURE |
the basic SI unit of measurement for temperature (along with kelvin) | CELCIUS |
the English unit of measurment for temperature | FAHRENHEIT |
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