Vocabulary and Understanding

Which of the following best describes a "scientist"?

• A person who hides information

• a person who is studying or has expert knowledge of one or more of the natural or physical sciences.

• A person who builds houses

• A person who writes books

What does it mean to enhance the value of something?

• To decrease its usefulness

• To make it less attractive

• To increase its value or quality

• To ignore it

What is the purpose of revealing information?

• To keep it secret

• To make known or show something surprising

• To destroy it

• To forget it

What is the goal of enhancing property?

• To make it less useful

• To increase its value

• To hide it from others

• To sell it quickly

What is the role of an engineer?

• A person who uses scientific principles to design, build, and solve problems.

• A person who studies the stars and planets.

• A person who writes computer programs.

• A person who teaches mathematics.

What does the term "reduce" mean?

• To increase the size of something.

• To make something smaller or lower in degree.

• To create something new.

• To maintain the current state.

What does the term "rapidly" mean?

• To do something very slowly

• To do something very quickly or at a great rate

• To do something with hesitation

• To do something with caution

What does it mean to be "acknowledged"?

• To be ignored

• To be forgotten

• To recognize, accept, or admit something

• To be hidden

What is the definition of "android"?

• A human with artificial parts

• A robot resembling a human being

• A type of software

• A fictional character

What term describes a human with electronic modifications?

• Android

• Cyborg

• Robot

• Machine