"This edition includes: three practice exams in the book, with an additional exam available online, in-depth instructions on how to complete the Explore Performance Tasks and the Create Performance Tasks, and sample responses that earn high scores and sample responses that earn low scores."--Amazon.com.

Applied Science, a completely new reference from Salem Press, covers major fields and technologies in all areas, from agriculture to computers to engineering to medical to space sciences. Applied Science contains over 300 alphabetically arranged articles on a broad range of applied-science fields ranging from long-established engineering fields to cutting-edge fields such as micro- and nanotechnologies, addressing applied sciences in areas as diverse...