Engineering Vocab Flashcards
Assistive Bioengineering
Engineering that results in a product or process that helps living organisms but does not change them permanently
Dependent variable
Something that changes as a result of the independent variable
Bias
Wish or expectation to have an experiment lead to a certain conclusion
Technology
The use of science to solve problems that make people’s lives easier
Engineering
The Process of creating technology
Engineering design process
Process of developing new technology
Prototype
A working model of a new piece of technology that is being developed
Cost-benefit analysis
Process of determining whether the cost of doing something is worth the benefit provided
BioEngineering
Use of technology to alter or improve living things and benefit people
Adaptive bioengineering
Engineering that result in a product or process that changes living organisms
Experiment
Control test performed to test a hypothesis or answer a scientific question
Conclusion
A Statement that summarizes what you think your data mean
Procedure
Written step-by-step plan for an experiment
Control
Something kept the same on purpose
Trial
A repetition of an experiment
Density
The mass of an object divided by its volume
Scientific method
Series of steps that scientists use as a guide for solving a problem or answering a question
Observation
Information gathered by using the senses
Hypothesis
A Possible, testable answer or explanation for an observation
Data
Facts and pieces of information
Controlled experiment
An experiment in which only one variable is manipulated at a time
Independent variable
Factor that you change on purpose in an experiment
