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Introduction To Engineering - 2

Subject : engineering
Instructions:
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1. This scientist was an English mathematician and physicist who devised principles to explain universal gravitation - that all matter attracts other matter.






2. Any epidemic disease with a high death rate






3. Destruction of forests






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






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






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






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






8. 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






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






10. Made during The Renaissance






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






12. 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






13. Restrictions; limits






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






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

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






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






18. 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






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






20. The practical application of science to commerce or industry