Engineering
Structures and forces
Safety
Real world Engineering
Simple Machines
100

What is the term for a person who designs and builds complex systems or structures?

Engineer 

100

What force pulls things to the ground?

gravity

100

How may people allowed inside the yellow lines when operating a machine?

One 

100

Who designs roads and bridges?

civil engineer

100

What simple machine is a round object that helps move things easily, like on a car?

wheel and axle

200

What is the name of the engineering process that includes steps like defining a problem, brainstorming, prototyping, and testing?

design process

200

What do we call a structure made to carry cars over water or roads?

bridge

200

What should you wear to protect your eyes?

safety glasses

200

What do engineers use to help them draw building plans on a computer?

CAD (Computer-Aided Design)

200

What simple machine is used to lift something with less effort, like a seesaw?

lever

300

Which type of engineer works with machines

mechanical engineer

300

What is the name of a strong, curved structure used in bridges and doorways?

arch

300

What colour means danger or emergency

Red

300

What kind of energy comes from the sun?

solar energy?

300

What simple machine has a flat surface that is slanted, like a ramp

Inclined plane

400

What type of engineer would design a new road?

Civil

400

What do we call the force that slows things down when they rub together?

Friction

400

How should you carry a sharp tool?

point it down, away from your bod

400

Name a job that uses engineering but isn’t an engineer.

builder/mechanic/technician

400

What simple machine helps cut or split things?

Wedge

500

What are the four main types of engineering?

Civil 

Mechanical 

Electrical 

Chemical 

500

What type of energy is stored in something that is not moving, like a stretched rubber band?

potential energy

500

Name one safety rule in the workshop.

Wear PPE / tie hair back / no running / use tools properly?

500

What is the name of the design method engineers use to test, fix, and improve ideas?

Prototyping

500

What simple machine is made of a rope and wheel?

Pulley 

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