Engineering Design Process & Scientific Method

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Making a statement or claim about what will happen in the future based on past experience or evidence is called

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predicting

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What are the five steps of the engineering design process in order?

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ask, imagine, plan, create, improve

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What occurs during step four of the Engineering Design Process when developing a candy dispenser?

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Develop the prototype for the candy dispenser.

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What occurs during step six of the Engineering Design Process when developing a candy dispenser?

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Evaluate the usefulness of the candy dispenser and fix any flaws

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constraint

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restriction

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Observations that deal with a number or amount are called

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quantitative observations

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Explaining or interpreting the things you observe based on reasoning from what you already know is called

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inferring

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A possible explanation for a set of observations or answer to a scientific question is called a(n)

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hypothesis

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Observations that deal with descriptions that cannot be expressed in numbers are called

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qualitative observations

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In a scientific experiment, facts, figures, and other evidence gathered through observations are called

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data