Engineering Design Vocabulary

What is the engineering design process?

• a system for making things in the world

• a system for analyzing problems and designing solutions

• a system for making a lot of people happy

• a system for making good choices

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What does the term constant mean in science?

• part of the experiment that does NOT change

• part of the experiment that does change

• part of the experiment that the teacher changes

• part of the experiment that the student changes

What is meant when we build a prototype?

• early sample or model built to test a concept

• a model that is built during the building phase of the concept

• a model that is built after the building process (to help show the problems)

• a model that is never built

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How is energy defined in science?

• turns the lights on

• ability to move an object

• ability to keep an object in place

• is contained in many "energy" drinks

How would you define kinetic energy?

• the energy an object has because of its motion

• the energy an object has because of its size

• the energy an object has because of its distance from the moon

• the energy an object has because of its distance from the sun

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How would you define potential energy?

• stored energy due to the chemical bonds or position in the world

• the energy an object has due to the motion it has

• stored energy due to the size of an object

• the energy and object has due to its aerodynamics

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What is gravitational potential energy?

• the amount of energy released by an object (think of a roller coaster)

• the energy an object releases as a result of the gravitational field it is in

• stored energy an object possesses because of its position in a gravitational field

• stored energy an object possesses because of planet it is on

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How do you define force in science?

• something used by young Jedi

• push or pull of an object

• lift or drop of an object

• making someone do something they did not want to do

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What is velocity?

• how fast an object is moving

• how fast an object is moving relative to another object

• the direction an object is moving in

• the horizontal mass an object possess

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How is mass defined in science?

• the horizontal and vertical calculations of an object

• how much something matters

• how much matter an object has

• the size of an object