Introduction to Engineering_Fall 2018

Learn why Engineers do what they do when implementing both science and mathematics principles to develop technology.

8 flashcards · Other · by A_Dub PLTW ENG

1. Scientists are in the business of generating knowledge.

2. Engineers are in the business of generating technology.

3. True or False. Scientists not only develops technology but often uses it to explain the phenomenon (unknown).

   false

4. Which professional proposes and tests theories, knowing that future evidence may cause refinement, revision, or even rejection of today's theories? Technologist Mathematician Engineer Scientist

   scientist

5. Scientists can't know many things with absolute certainty- we only know the observable evidence.

6. Support or Oppose. A person who admits some uncertainty in their thinking is often closer to the truth, or at least understands the issues better, than someone who claims absolute certainty.

   support

7. Science seeks to understand a universe that already exists.

8. Technology is creating a universe that has existed only in the minds of inventors.