Tom notices that wind blows trash into the river. Tom wonders what happens to the trash. What resources can help Tom research the topic? Choose all that apply (TWO).

• a map showing where the river leads

• a map of the playground and basketball courts at the park

• a story about a plastic bottle's travel from land to ocean

• an advertisement asking kids to join the park baseball team

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What is technology?

• Observations and experiments that help us understand how the world works.

• Using tools and techniques to make or accomplish goods or services.

• Designing and building machines, structures, and other items.

• Deals with the logic of shape, quantity and arrangement.

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The last step of the Design Process is _______________________________.

• Evaluate Solution

• Present Solution

• Define Problem

What does the M in STEM mean?

• Music

• Money

• Magic

• Math

  (Mathematics)

the use of tools, machines, materials, and processes to meet human needs

• science

• technology

• engineering

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An engineer designed four braces to offer comfort and support for people who have had knee surgery. The results from a survey of 100 people who tried the engineer's four prototype braces found the following results. The percentage of people choosing Brace A was 27%, Brace B was 18%, Brace C was 42% and Brace D was 33%.

What can the prosthetic designer assume from the information.?

• Brace A is preferred by a majority of the people surveyed.

• Brace B would most likely keep people from becoming injured again.

• Brace C would be the best choice for comfort and support.

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What does the T in STEM mean?

• Tasks

• Teamwork

• Technology

• Technologist

What is mathematics?

• Observations and experiments that help us understand how the world works.

• Using tools and techniques to make or accomplish goods or services.

• Designing and building machines, structures, and other items.

• Deals with the logic of shape, quantity and arrangement.

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information that can be expresses as a numerical value

• qualitative data

• quantitative data

• constraint

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While further testing their design, the engineers discover that dishwasher Model B doesn't clean the dishes thoroughly. Which of the following is the best next step for the engineers?

• Apply for a patent for the Model B dishwasher.

• Start all over with a brand-new design for a dishwasher.

• Evaluate what is wrong with Model B and work to redesign it.

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