Engineering Vocab Flashcards

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Assistive Bioengineering

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Engineering that results in a product or process that helps living organisms but does not change them permanently

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Dependent variable

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Something that changes as a result of the independent variable

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Bias

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Wish or expectation to have an experiment lead to a certain conclusion

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Technology

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The use of science to solve problems that make people’s lives easier

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Engineering

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The Process of creating technology

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Engineering design process

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Process of developing new technology

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Prototype

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A working model of a new piece of technology that is being developed

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Cost-benefit analysis

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Process of determining whether the cost of doing something is worth the benefit provided

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BioEngineering

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Use of technology to alter or improve living things and benefit people

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Adaptive bioengineering

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Engineering that result in a product or process that changes living organisms

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Experiment

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Control test performed to test a hypothesis or answer a scientific question

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Conclusion

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A Statement that summarizes what you think your data mean

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Procedure

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Written step-by-step plan for an experiment

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Control

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Something kept the same on purpose

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Trial

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A repetition of an experiment

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Density

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The mass of an object divided by its volume

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Scientific method

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Series of steps that scientists use as a guide for solving a problem or answering a question

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Observation

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Information gathered by using the senses

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Hypothesis

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A Possible, testable answer or explanation for an observation

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Data

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Facts and pieces of information

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Controlled experiment

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An experiment in which only one variable is manipulated at a time

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Independent variable

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Factor that you change on purpose in an experiment