When updating cellular phone technologies, companies often use different __________ techniques to come up with multiple ideas before narrowing down the necessary changes.

Your teacher explained the board game design brief to you, to begin the challenge you must ______ in order to begin the engineering design process.

When innovating the board game, students are asked to review the criteria and ______ to ensure all requirements of the board game are met.

After researching and identifying the criteria and constraints, engineers must __________ for finding a solution when using the Engineering Design Process.

Tony’s teacher presents a popular 1990s board game to his class; she asks the class to __________ the game to make it more relevant to the current trends.

After creating a solution to a problem, engineers are asked to __________ or explain how the solution meets the criteria and constraints of the defined problem.

When creating a closed-looped system, ______ is used to regulate the inputs and processes which helps to maintain a safe and profitable product.

Companies who choose to omit feedback are using a ________________ which is often dangerous and leads to recalled products.

When troubleshooting an object, an engineer must ______ the mechanical subsystems of the object in his/her Engineering Design Journal to document the pieces.

Mechanical subsystems are used in a variety of ways; ______ can be used to move objects up and down on a page or to help pry objects apart using its fulcrum to increase pressure.

The growing popularity of wind-up toys lead inventors and innovators to make ______ in their production process to make a larger profit.

The invention of the automobile allowed for faster travel but the exhaust created air pollution which is deemed an ______ consequence of the invention.

When looking at a toy system, several mechanical ______ play a role in making the toy function properly.

Your wind-up toy suddenly stops working, you decide to __________ the issue to see if you can find what is wrong.

When innovating products, companies review the product’s __________ to determine previous successes and failures within the product.

Systems that function with no human interaction but instead use ______ such as a temperature sensor are considered closed-looped systems.

Technology can be both beneficial and harmful ______ on the environment; single use plastic while convenient makes up a large portion of ocean pollution.

The last step of the Engineering Design Process is to ______ the solution; during this step you should have good posture, make eye contact, and speak clearly.

One way to ______ your carbon footprint is to use recyclable containers and to shut off lights when they are not being used.

When architects create drawings they use a ______ to draw large objects in a more condensed way.

When using the Engineering Design Process, engineers create a ______ to determine if the solution will meet the criteria and constraints defined in the problem.

When using the Engineering Design Process it is important to brainstorm all __________________ to ensure that the solution chosen meets the needs of the defined problem.

Your engineering design team has just designed a new scooter, but after testing the product you find that it does not perform as it was intended to. What step of the design process should you start with to resolve this problem?

You have created a new product, the first step is to obtain a ________ to protect the invention and maintain your rights to the invention.