Models & Simulations

Output of a computer model.

• What-if scenario

• Supercomputer

• Spreadsheet

• Prediction

Simulator hardware and software used to train pilots.

• Flight simulator

• Global Climate Model

• Full motion platform

• Grid computing

Computer model used to predict possible future climate change.

• Flight simulator

• Global Climate Model

• Full motion platform

• Grid computing

Mathematical representation of the real world using computer software.

• Flight simulator

• Computer model

• Full motion platform

• Grid computing

Based on computer models, gives users experience of events such as flying a plane.

• Flight simulator

• Computer model

• Full motion platform

• Computer simulation

Application software for performing numerical calculations and analysis.

• What-if scenario

• Supercomputer

• Spreadsheet

• Prediction

Components of a computer model which can be altered to vary the output.

• What-if scenario

• Variables

• Spreadsheet

• Prediction

Which of the following is a limitation of using a model to study something?

• A model cannot represent a thing exactly.
• A model cannot help study things that are dangerous.
• A model cannot reproduce things that are too far away.
• a model cannot show things that are too small or too large.

A scientist wants to see what would happen if a truck's tires slipped on ice.  What would the scientist use to test how the truck's tires would function in this example?

• a system
• a simulation
• a conceptual model
• a mathematical model

True or False--A model can never be revised.

• true
• false