What materials are best for a product?
What impact does choice of material have on the environment?
What is mechanical advantage?
What technological innovations come from simple machines?
100

What is a midway material?

Material that is taken from nature and then processed by humans.
100

Mention two products we need to stop using to produce less waste.

Plastic bags, dry ice, diapers, single-use products

100

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100

What type of machine is a catapult?

Lever

200

Which materials are natural?

Stone, wood, and wool

200

It is the promotion of environmentally friendly policies, designs, and products within a business.

Eco-efficiency

200

What is a simple machine?

A device that helps make work easier.

200

An inclined plane has a fulcrum. TRUE OR FALSE?

FALSE. The fulcrum is found within levers.

300

Mention four mechanical properties

Elasticity, plasticity, flexible, rigid, soft, hard, strong, weak, brittle, tough

300

Gustavo's ecological footprint is 3.4 

Jennifer's ecological footprint is 1.9

Who's more eco-efficient?

Jennifer

300

What is mechanical advantage?

The comparison of amount of force needed to move an object with and without a machine.

300

If F1 and F2 are equal in weight, where must we put them to have a balanced see-saw?

At the same distance.

400

Mention four physical properties

Electrical conductors, electrical insulators, magnetic, non-magnetic, transparent, opaque, absorbent, waterproof, viscous, fluid

400

What is the carbon footprint?

It is the amount of carbon dioxide produced by a given population, system, or activity.

400

Work is the force used to move an object a certain distance. TRUE OR FALSE?

TRUE

400

F1xD1 > F2 XD2
Where will the lever move?

F1 will be on the floor.

500

What type of material is plastic?

Synthetic

500

What is the inter-generational equity?

Taking into consideration present and future generations.

500

Which machines make up a wheelbarrow?

Wheel and axle and lever.

500

Mention the six simple machines

Lever, inclined plane, wheel and axle, wedge, screw, and pulley

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