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What is the second step of the Engineering Design Process?
What is Research the problem?
100
It is important to sketch detailed drawings/blueprints and ask for feedback. This happens during which step of the Design Process?
What is Plan? (or Brainstorm)
100
What model have we created and tested in several ways during this unit?
What is a satellite?
100
This team is the only undefeated team in the NFL and clearly the greatest.
Who are the Kansas City Chiefs?
100
The students in a class are making a scale model. They need a material that they can easily bend into a circle. Which of the following objects is best for the students to use? a) Copper wire b) Glass wire c) Lead pipe d) Wooden stick
What is copper wire?
200
What is the third step of the Engineering Design Process?
What is Brainstorm? (or Plan)
200
In which step of the Design Process would you discuss questions such as: Has the challenge been met before? If so, how? If not, why not? What additional information is needed to meet the challenge?
What is Ask? (or Define Problem)
200
The engineering process begins a) when you brainstorm new ideas b) creating an advertisement c) identifying the need or solution to a problem
What is identifying the need or solution to a problem?
200
A team of engineers is asked to design a scooter for less than $30. They decide that they will only use recycled materials. Which of the following is the team’s constraint? a) designed to appeal to kids b) made out of recycled materials c) cost less than $30 to produce
What is cost less than $30 to produce?
200
A scientist is using a special camera to take pictures of animals that visit a pond at night. The camera is very expensive and is easily damaged by water. The camera will be left at the pond for a month to take pictures. Which of the following describes the best way to protect the camera while it is taking pictures at the pond? a) attach the camera to a floating raft on the pole. b) Engineering Method and Technology c) place the camera in a sealed, clear plastic container on a pole d) hang the camera by a rope from a high tree limb over the pond
What is place the camera in a sealed, clear plastic container on a pole?
300
What is the fourth step of the Engineering Design Process?
What is Create and Develop a Prototype? (or Create)
300
Julie presented an idea for recycling empty milk cartons to her principal. If she followed the engineering design process, what was the first step in developing her idea? a) communicating the results of her research b) creating a prototype c) identifying the specific problem
What is identifying the specific problem?
300
An unintended consequence of the use of fossil fuels a) more jobs b) power plants (factories) c) pollution d) cheaper electricity
What is pollution?
300
The Engineering Design Process must be followed step by step no matter what. True or False?
What is False?
300
Cameron is shopping for a new desk. He wants to make sure the desk will fit in the corner of his room. When Cameron shops for the new desk, which of the following will best help him make sure that the desk will fit? a) a picture showing the carpet in his room b) a diagram of the measurements of his room c) a drawing showing how to put a desk together d) a list of tools he needs to put the desk together
What is a diagram of the measurements of his room?
400
What is the fifth step of the Engineering Design Process?
What is Test and Evaluate Prototype?
400
In which step of Design Process do you compare the various ideas and select the best approach
What is Plan? (or Brainstorm)
400
An intended benefit of automobiles is a) to cause accidents b) to increase pollution c) to transport people faster
What is to transport people faster?
400
Aspirin is used to reduce pain, fever, and inflammation. This is an example of... a) intended benefit b) unintended consequence
What is intended benefit?
400
The students in an engineering class built a robot that stacks wooden blocks. A built-in computer controls the movement of the robot. The computer in the robot performs a function most similar to which part of the human body?
What is brain?
500
What is the sixth step of the Engineering Design Process?
What is Improve and Redesign?
500
What is the melting point of ice in Fahrenheit?
What is 32 degrees?
500
A squid is an animal that lives in the ocean. It pumps a stream of water out of its body, causing it to move rapidly. Which of the following mechanical systems moves in a way most similar to the squid? a) a bus b) a helicopter c) a rocket d) a train
What is a rocket?
500
Which of these is the best example of an assistive technology that helps a person overcome a disability? a) a computer program that can change text into spoken words b) an oven that contains a fan that moves hot air around c) a television with a button that can lower the volume d) a telephone that records digital voice messages from callers
What is a computer program that can change text into spoken words?
500
Which of these could be described as a technological process? a) biologists' knowledge of how viruses work. b) the way in which stem cells are harvested for research c) the change that occurs when plants use sunlight to make food d) the researchers who work to develop synthetic fuels
What is the researchers who work to develop synthetic fuels?
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