Design questions
Brain Break
Fun Facts
Vocabulary
100
Nicholas designed a way to protect an egg inside a foam ball. To test his design, he drops the ball off a bridge into the water below.
What is he most likely testing when he drops the ball into the water?
A. whether the foam ball will float
B. whether the foam ball is waterproof
C. whether the foam ball will soften the landing
D. whether the foam ball will bounce when it hits the water
C. whether the foam ball will soften the landing
100
What has roots as nobody sees,
Is taller than trees,
Up, up it goes,
And yet never grows?
Mountain
100
The process of testing designs to figure out what went wrong.
A. Failure Analysis
B. Problem Solving
C. Optimize
A. Failure Analysis
100
Design Process
A series of steps that engineers can follow to make solutions that meet a want or need.
200
A company has just built a prototype of a camera. What should the company do next?
A. test the prototype
B. compare the results of the tests
C. produce a large number of cameras
D. determine features they want the camera to have
A. test the prototype
200
Thirty white horses on a red hill,
First they champ,
Then they stamp,
Then they stand still.
Teeth
200
To make a solution as good as possible.
A. Failure Analysis
B. Optimize
C. Design Process
B. Optimize
200
Fair Test
A test that does not give any advantage to the conditions of objects being tested.
300
Ian and Luis designed and made two model cars, one green and one yellow. They released both cars at the top of a ramp. They measured how far each car traveled from the bottom of the ramp until stopping. The table shows their results.
What is the next step that Ian and Luis should take?
A. redesign the yellow car
B. communicate their results
C. test the cars two more times
D. conclude that the green car goes farther
C. test the cars two more times
300
Voiceless it cries,
Wingless flutters,
Toothless bites,
Mouthless mutters.
Wind
300
A working model used for testing a solution.
A. Optimize
B. Constraint
C. Prototype
C. Prototype
300
Optimize
To make a solution as good as possible.
400
A student is designing a new model airplane. The student measures the speed of each model airplane in meters per second (m/s).
To develop the fastest design, what should the student do next?
A. use design 1 because it had the fastest speed
B. use design 3 because it had the fastest speed
C. choose another design that will give better results
D. combine elements from design 1 and design 3 and test again
D. combine elements from design 1 and design 3 and test again
400
An eye in a blue face
Saw an eye in a green face.
"That eye is like to this eye"
Said the first eye,
"But in low place,
Not in high place."
The sun.
400
A test that does not give any advantage to the conditions of objects being tested.
A. Optimize
B. Fair Test
C. Prototype
B. Fair Test
400
Prototype
A working model used for testing a solution.
500
A new design for a roller coaster protects the coaster by stopping it against a large spring. To evaluate the safety of this solution, researchers build a model coaster and run it along the track. What is the most important thing they should observe during this test?
A. how fast the model travels
B. how much the spring stretches
C. whether the model is damaged
D. whether the spring looks acceptable
C. whether the model is damaged
500
It cannot be seen, cannot be felt,
Cannot be heard, cannot be smelt.
It lies behind stars and under hills,
And empty holes it fills.
It comes first and follows after,
Ends life, kills laughter.
Dark
500
A series of steps that engineers can follow to make solutions that meet a want or need.
A. prototype
B. Design Process
C. Optimize
B. Design Process
500
Failure Analysis.
The process of testing designs to figure out what went wrong.