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Flashcards by Maria Isabel Morandi, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Maria Isabel Morandi
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| Question | Answer |
| a branch of engineering focused on designing and producing machinery with the intention of developing products | Mechanical Engineering |
| a control system that runs machinery through complete automation, requiring little to no human intervention | automation system |
| a device fitted closely inside a tube that moves up and down to create motion in a machine | piston |
| a fictional being with mechanical parts that increase its physical abilities beyond what is normal | cyborg |
| a global system that provides navigation based on positional data for all modes of travel | Global Positioning System (GPS) |
| a machine that ignites its fuel inside the engine | internal combustion engine |
| a machine that ignites its fuel outside of the engine | external combustion engine |
| a material that is fatal or harmful when absorbed or digested | toxic |
| a mathematical understanding of how two materials relate to each other and the specifics of their reactions to increase knowledge | stoichiometry |
| a measure of a material's resting state | inertia |
| a microscopic living organism, usually with only one cell | microorganism |
| a power source generated through thermal energy and converted into mechanical or electrical energy | nuclear power |
| a process that allows material to bypass a process within a system | recycle |
| a process that occurs when atoms collide and the nucleus of an atom spontaneously splits on impact and creates energy | fission |
| a rate of vibration | frequency |
| a rotary device intended to pull energy from a fluid and use it in a functional process | turbine |
| a system that checks its own process automatically through feedback and makes any needed corrections | closed loop |
| a system that checks its own process with some kind of controller, not feedback | open loop |
| a system that performs different functions according to a fixed schedule | sequential control |
| a system that runs continuously using a sensor to take measurements and make constant adjustments | continuous control |
| a technology that uses cellular and biomolecular processes to create solutions and new ideas | biotechnology |
| a three-dimensional image created through laser light beams or another functional light source | hologram |
| a tool with several parts that uses energy to function | machine |
| an area of science concerned with how physical things react when subjected to outside forces or displacements | mechanics |
| an on-off control system used at the discretion of the engineer | discrete control |
| an unborn or unhatched offspring | embryo |
| any individual animal, plant, or single-celled life form | organism |
| any solid waste that is defined as flammable, corrosive, reactive, or toxic | hazardous waste |
| energy created by moving particles | radiation |
| excessive self-confidence | hubris |
| microscopic organisms that constitute a large part of prokaryotic cells | bacteria |
| something made by combining two different elements | hybrid |
| special cells that transmit nerve impulses | neurons |
| the central core of a cell, which stores dna | nucleus |
| the chemical breakdown of a substance through bacteria | fermentation |
| the chemical processes that occur within a living organism to maintain life | metabolism |
| the different parts and functions of a cell | organelles |
| the discipline that deals with how to maintain the output of a specific process within a desired range | process control |
| the discipline that transforms and transports different materials, all beginning with development in the laboratory | Chemical Engineering |
| the field concerned with understanding how matter and energy behave in the universe | quantum physics |
| the internal energy in a system | thermal energy |
| the measure of disorder and randomness in a system | entropy |
| the natural science of studying matter and how it moves through space and time | physics |
| the package that contains the molecules needed for reproduction | chromosomes |
| the size and extent of something | magnitude |
| the speed of vaporization in a substance | volatility |
| the study of celestial objects, such as the stars and planets | astronomy |
| the study of living organisms | biology |
| the study of materials used in any medical devices | biomaterials |
| the tiniest structure and functional unit of any organism | cell |
| the understanding of how weight affects physical structures and their components | structural analysis |
| the unwanted material generated by humans and nature, such as trash, dead animals, abandoned objects, or general debris | municipal solid waste |
| the unwanted material resulting from any kind of industry, manufacturing, mining, or agricultural project | industrial waste |
| the use of engineering strategies to identify how all living organisms function within their environment | systems physiology |
| the use of technology-based knowledge for the betterment of health care in general | Clinical Engineering |
| unwanted material similar to hazardous waste but consisting of common materials | universal waste |
| when no heat is passed between two physical systems even though there is a permeable barrier | thermal equilibrium |
| the study of the nature of knowledge | philosophy |
| a movement from the 18th century marked by the rejection of traditional ideas and centered on reason | age of enlightenment |
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