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Introduction To Engineering - 2

Subject : engineering
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1. The practical application of science to commerce or industry






2. A person who uses scientific knowledge to solve practical problems






3. (archeology) a period between the Stone and Iron ages - characterized by the manufacture and use of bronze tools and weapons






4. The great rebirth of acrt - literature - and learning in the 14th - 15th - and 16th centuries which marked the transition from the medieval to modern periods of European history. - A new way of thinking. Which laed to future reforms for the catholic






5. The period of history - succeeding the Bronze Age - when people first learned to extract iron from ore and use it to forge tools - weapons and other objects. The first organized production of objects developed in southwestern Asia shortly after 2000






6. The historical period from around 500 A.D. up to around 1450 A.D. between the fall of Rome and the birth of the Renaissance






7. Process by which scientists formulate a hypothesis - gather data by observation and experimentation - and come to a conclusion






8. (archeology) the earliest known period of human culture - characterized by the use of stone implements






9. Destruction of forests






10. Change in technology - brought about by improvements in machinery and by use of steam power






11. The premise that the power of microprocessor technology doubles and its cost of production drops in half every 18 months

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12. Any epidemic disease with a high death rate






13. Tools and skills people use to meet their basic needs






14. A mixture of potassium nitrate - charcoal - and sulfur in a 75:15:10 ratio which is used in gunnery - time fuses - and fireworks






15. This scientist was an English mathematician and physicist who devised principles to explain universal gravitation - that all matter attracts other matter.






16. An organized way of using evidence to learn about the natural world






17. To fuse or melt (ore) in order to separate the metal contained.






18. Made during The Renaissance






19. A geographical area of fertile land in the Middle East stretching in a broad semicircle from the Nile to the Tigris and Euphrates






20. Restrictions; limits