Everest Quiz #2: Define and Research Steps

graph

Greek root that means "to write or to record"

biography

n. an account of someone's life, written by another person

autobiographical

adj. dealing with the writer's own life experiences ("written about the life of the self")

scrip/scrib

Latin root that means "to write" [scriptum]

topographic map

a map that shows physical features of land, including elevation with the use of contour lines; "topo" = place

bio

Greek root that means "life"

auto-

Greek PREFIX that means "self"

Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay

first documented climbers to summit Everest on May 29, 1953

George Mallory and Andrew "Sandy" Irvine

set out to break their own record and reach the summit of Everest on June 4, 1924, but they died on the mountain. Mallory is known for his answer to the question, why do you want to climb Everest, his answer: “Because it’s there.” 

design criteria

Features a product must have or standards it must meet ("Must haves")

design constraints

Limitations put on your design team

insulator

material that prevents the transfer of energy (heat)

Define Step

The first step of the EDP, when we determine what a successful product looks like, defined by criteria and constraints.

Research Step

The second step of the EDP, when we investigate information that will help us develop design ideas.

outlier

A value that "lies outside" (is much smaller or larger than) most of the other values in a set of data.

Three characteristics of fabrics to consider

Cost, Warmth, Weight

iterate

to go back and repeat a step for improvement

inscription

words inscribed, as on a monument or in a book.

Direct Quote (DQ)

words taken directly from a text. They should be put in quotation marks and followed by the complete identification of the source (page number, title, author)

FRED

Fact, reason, example, detail

-al

suffix that creates an adjective, as in “biographical”