Simple Machines
What are the four main parts of a lever?
Trick question there are only three. The fulcrum, load, and effort.
In what century were trebuchets first used?
The 12th century.
What is the length of the longest suspension bridge?
A) 13,000 feet
B) 12,831 feet
C) 11,467 feet
D) 10,786 feet
B) 12,831 feet
How long is the longest underwater tunnel?
A) 32.12 kilometers
B) 23.30 kilometers
C) 12.34 kilometers
D) 12.56 meters
B) 23.30 kilometers
What type of engineer designs builds and maintains buildings.
Civil engineer
What category does a screw fall into, wheel and axle or inclined plane?
Inclined plane.
399 BC
How long is the longest bridge?
A) 42.5km
B) 37.9km
C) 51.3km
D) 74.2km
A) 42.5km
How long was the longest tunnel?
A) 57.09 kilometers
B) 32.40 kilometers
C) 60.00 kilometers
D) 72.34 kilometers
A) 57.09 kilometers
What engineer career invented the slippery part of a water slide?
A civil engineer
How many main simple machines are there?
2
Was a ballista considered a catapult, trebuchet, or neither?
A catapult
Where was the first iron bridge made?
A) Greenfield, NH.
B) Shropshire, England.
C) Artosksa, Russia
D) Vicenza, Italy
B) Shropshire, England
What technology was used to create the first tunnel?
A) Shield technology
B) Drill technology
C) explosive technology
D) Destructive technolagy
A) Shield technology
What job is third on the most in demand engineering jobs for 2019? Hint: It is also the highest paid.
Petroleum engineer
How many types of simple machines are there.
six or seven if you count the gear.
What type of force does a ballista use?
Tension
What was the name of the first Iron bridge?
Iron Bridge?
What was the name of the first tunnel ever named?
Thames Tunnel?
Who was considered the the first engineer?
A) Archimedes
B) Imhotep
C)Leonardo Da Vinci
D) Djoser
B) Imhotep
What is the representation of torque in a equation?
T = F * r *
What did catapults based off of as a design?
A cross bow
When was the first Iron bridge made?
A) 1780
B) 1779
C) 1778
D) No accurate historical records
B) 1779
When was the first tunnel built?
A) September 1st 1832
B) July 9th 1865
C) December 2nd 1853
D) March 25th 1843
D) March 25th 1843
Has the sound barrier ever been broken by a human transportation device?
Yes, in 1947