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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. .
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