Unit 1: Energy Conversions Vocabulary

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What is evidence?

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Information that supports an answer to a question.

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Who is an engineer?

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Someone who uses science knowledge to solve problems.

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What does function mean?

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What something does.

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What is a claim?

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A proposed answer to a question.

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What is a converter?

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Something that changes one form of energy to another.

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What is energy?

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The ability to do work or cause change.

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What is energy conversion?

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The process of changing energy from one form to another.

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What is a system in science?

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A group of interacting or interrelated entities that form a unified whole.

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What does it mean to synthesize?

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To combine different ideas or elements to form a coherent whole.

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What is a hypothesis?

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An educated guess or proposed explanation for a phenomenon.