Vocabulary Words
- Technology – the usage and knowledge of tools, techniques, systems, and methods that improve the human progress.
- Engineering – discipline of applying knowledge to practical problems
- Espionage – obtained information without permission
- Cooperation – joint action; a sharing of space or resources
- Communication – to exchange ideas, thoughts, and information
- Structure – parts assembled in an order to provide a function
- Design – to have a working plan, invent
- Stress – the force or load applied to a structure
- Forensic Science – study of evidence used in a court of law
- Specifications – rule or limitations
- Energy – the ability to do work, or move an object
- Generator – device that turns mechanical energy into electrical energy
- Hydropower – energy that comes from moving water
- Turbine – turning device which converts mechanical energy into electrical energy by generator
- Solar Energy – radiant energy from the sun
- Petroleum – crude oil or the refined products
- Biomass – any organic material which is renewable
- Photovoltaic cells – device which converts light energy into electric energy
- Inertia – resisting changes in your state of motion
- Acceleration – the rate of change of the speed of a moving object
- Trajectory – curved path of a moving object
- Newton's First Law -
- Nuclear Energy – energy that comes from splitting atoms
- Kilowatt - unit of power; kilowatt = 1000 watts
- Rocket -
- Altitude -
- Range -
- Rube Goldberg -
- Hypothesis -
- Geothermal Energy -
- Frustration -
- Data -
- Hydrogen -
- Centrifugal Force -
- CNC -
- AFV -
- CADD -
- Faraday's Law -
- USEPA - United States Environmental Protection Agency