The Not So Golden Gate
Engineering Adventures
Electro-citay
Planet in Peril
Wild Card
100
How old is the Golden Gate Bridge. HINT: It was built in 1938.
75 years old
100
Which shape is stronger, a square or a triangle?
A Triangle!
100
True or False: Wind Turbines create pollution in the form of green house gasses.
False
100
Name the most common green house gas emitted from human activities.
Carbon Dioxide
100
Sing "if you're happy and you know it"
Clap your hands
200
The Golden Gate Straight is named after a location in which country?
a) Turkey
b) Hungary
c) Bhutan
a) Turkey
200
In the "Design Process" what should you do after you "test and evaluate"?
Share solutions OR redesign.
200
Name two ways to create electricity
Yes and Yes
200
True or False: Green house gasses in the atmosphere are always bad for humans and the environment.
False
200
What is the name of your stuffed animal?
That is very cute.
300
What was the Bridge Toll in 1950?
A) 40 cents B) 40 Dollars C) 4 Dollars
A) 40 cents
300
How many sides does an octagon have?
8
300
Name two ways to conserve or save electricity
Those are both good ideas
300
In which of the following ways do people increase the concentrations of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere.
a) Cutting down trees
b) Driving gasoline powered automobiles
c) Burning coal to create electricity
d) All of the Above
d) All of the Above
300
Give Jon and Alex a sincere compliment
Why thank you
400
Name the color that the bridge is painted. __________ orange.
International
400
Name the dam or the reservoir that provides San Francisco with drinking water.
The O'Shaugnessy Dam OR Hetch Hetchy Reservoir
400
What natural resource do you need for a geothermal power plant?
Volcanic hot springs or naturally occurring steam.
400
Greenhouse gases cause global warming by:
a) Absorbing and re radiating heat from infrared rays
b) Causing the atmosphere to catch fire
c) Absorbing the water in the atmosphere
d) Reflecting solar rays
a) Absorbing and re radiating heat from infrared rays
400
Sing along and dance to this song......
Moo moo moo
500
Name another bridge in the San Francisco Bay.
The bay bridge or the Richmond Bridge.
500
What were the batteries in the Marin Headlands originally created for?
Defense during during WWII
500
Name two consequences of using coal to create electricity.
Yes and yes indeed.
500
Name two things you can do to help stop climate change
Yes and heck yeah
500
What is the word for "glacier" in Icelandic
jökull
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