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Innovation - An improvement of an existing technological product, system, or method of doing something. Invention - A new product, system, or process that has never existed before, created by study and experimentation. Design Brief - A written plan that identifies a problem to be solved, its cri...

How might we create the best possible solution to a problem? - Engineers try the think "outside the box" in order to solve new problems or find ways to improve current solutions What is the most effective way to generate potential solutions to a problem? How many alternate solutions should you ...

Prophase I - crossing-over occurs between tetrads Metaphase I - Paired homologous chromosomes line up across the center of the cell Anaphase I - Spindle fibers pull each homologous chromosome pair toward an opposite end of the cell Telophase - A nuclear membrane forms around each cluster of chro...

Assess - To thoroughly and methodically analyze accomplishment against specific goals and criteria. Assessment - An evaluation technique for technology that requires analyzing benefits and risks, understanding the trade-offs, and then determining the best action to take in order to ensure that th...

The fields of architecture and civil engineering have influenced the way people work and live in large part because... - New ways of designing and building structures have made society saver, more efficient, and more convenient A civil engineer must ensure that a structure... - Will withstand dea...

skeletal system - function: provides support and structure, stores calcium, minerals, fats, marrow eg: Bones, Cartilage Integumentary System - function: provides protection regulates body temp, prevents water loss eg: skin, hair Muscle System - function: provides body movement and generates heat...

What is a medical intervention? - Answer-Any measure whose purpose is to improve health or alter the course of a disease What are the main categories of interventions that function to maintain human health? - AnswerTreatments, Diagnostics and Equipment How do scientists gather evidence during the...

What is the function of the urinary system? - Answer-To filter blood, remove waste in the form of urine What are the four organs involved in the urinary system? - Answer-Kidneys, ureters, bladder, urethra What is the function of the kidney? - Answer-To filter blood and create urea What are ureter...

Manufacturing has gone from artisans to assembly lines to automation, with a heavy emphasis today on robotics and computers. - Answer-True For Kaizen to work, employees must implement plans and company policy for product improvements without an opportunity to provide input. - Answer-False Which ...

Annotate - To add explanatory notes to a drawing. Accuracy - The degree of closeness of measurements of a quantity to the actual (or accepted) value. Acute Triangle - A triangle that contains only angles that are less than 90 degrees. Aesthetic - Of pleasing appearance. Allowance - The tightest...

Brainstorm - Generating mass amounts of ideas, thumbnail sketches, annotations. Constraint - A limit(s) to the design Design Brief - A written plan summarizing the criteria/constraints, identifies the problem Annotations - Notes on a sketch Isometric - shows 30 degrees, 60 degrees, and 120 degre...

concensus - general agreement Design Process - A systematic problem-solving strategy, with criteria and constraints, used to develop many possible solutions to solve a problem or satisfy human needs and wants and to winnow (narrow) down the possible solutions to one final choice. optimize - make...

Jig - A device that holds and locates a piece of work and guides the tools that operate upon it. Example: table, anything that is used to guide material. Fixture - A device designed and built for holding a particular piece of work for machining operations without the ability to guide tools Postp...

Innovation - An improvement of an existing technological product, system, or method of doing something. Invention - A new product, system, or process that has never existed before, created by study and experimentation. Design Brief - A written plan that identifies a problem to be solved, its cri...