7th. Engineering Vocabulary

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Of the two possible outcomes of a project, which one best describes when invention and innovation occur?

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Expected and desirable

Front

Which step would you be completing if you were looking at a student's project from last year?

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Explore what others have done before you

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Which step would you be completing if you were suggesting improvements?

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Evaluate or judge your results

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Brainstorming possible solutions is based on?

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Quantity of answers

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Which step would you be completing if you were sketching out as many possible design ideas as you can think of?

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Brainstorm possible solutions

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Which step would you be completing if you were selecting materials and attaching them to your project?

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Build a prototype

Front

New designs always require testing with models, especially when the final project is expensive or hazardous to build, or when failure would have a very high cost. This is why engineers construct _______________.

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Prototypes

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A group of interacting, interrelated, or interdependent elements or parts that function together as a whole to accomplish a goal.

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System

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An improvement of an existing technological product, system, or method of doing something.

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Innovation

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A new product, system, or process that has never existed before, created by study and experimentation.

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Invention