This 2-part simple machine made human transfer possible
What are a wheel and axle?
Thanks to chemical engineers you can drink your recommended 8 glasses per day of this liquid
What is water?
The substance flowing through the wires of a circuit.
What is Current?
This concrete arch-gravity dam is in the Black Canyon of the Colorado River at the boundaries of Arizona and Nevada.
What is Hoover Dam?
The boiling temperature of water.
What is 100 degrees Celsius or 212 degrees Fahrenheit?
This alloy of iron and carbon was the precursor to many later mechanical engineering marvels
What is steel?
This non-Newtonian fluid is best known for its pairing with french fries
What is ketchup?
This device opens and closes an electric circuit
What is a switch?
A pulling force that acts to lengthen an object
What is tension?
lift, drag, thrust, and weight
What are the 4 forces of flight?
This favorite playground ride is an example of this simple machine
What is a lever?
The majority of this synthetic product was made for packing materials such as bubble wrap, packing peanuts and water bottles.
What is plastic?
This "color" energy is produced with little-to-no environmental impact and does not dispense greenhouse gases into the air
What is green?
3 types of infrastructure in your city
What (are) roads, railways, bridges, tunnels, water supply, sewers, electrical grids, and telecommunications
The name for 4 bits of information to a computer. Hint: 8 bits is called a byte.
What is a nibble?
The force pulling down on objects.
What is a gravity?
A measure of the amount of matter.
What is Mass?
Copper, lithium, zinc and nickel are common metals in this "Energizing" energy source
What is a battery?
These two materials are optimal materials for building bridges
What are steel and concrete?
The Egyptians constructed more than 100 of these with the Great one taking a relatively quick 23 years to build
What are pyramids?
This simple machine enables us to raise the flag up a pole
What is a pulley? (fixed)
The 3 states of matter
What are liquid, solid and gas?
Any material can conduct an electric current but these materials do not allow a current to flow very easily
What is an insulator?
A force divided by the area on which the force is acting.
What is pressure?
Equation for Newton's second law
F = m*a
His was the first printing device to mechanize the process of applying text and images to paper "en masse"
Who is Johannes Gutenberg?
Three forms of heat transfer
What are conduction, convection, and radiation?
A complete path of electrical energy
What is a circuit?
A push or pull that can change the motion of an object.
What is Force?
It was the Persians not the Dutch who invented this energy-producing machine to grind grain
What is a windmill?
This simple machine causes this classic Disneyland ride to spin
What are gears?
The measure of a substance's ability to dissolve in liquid, especially water
What is solubility?
This lighting product produces light up to 90% more efficiently than incandescent light bulbs
What is LED?
Light-emitting diode
This building in Italy tilts 3.97 degrees off the vertical
What is the leaning tower of Pisa?
Land is taken away by water, ice, wind, or gravity.
What is erosion?
The force preventing objects from continuing to move forever when pushed.
What is Friction?
Everything is made up of this.
What is Matter?
These are tiny, negatively charged particles
What are electrons?
Professional discipline that deals with the design, construction, and maintenance of the physical and naturally built environment, including works like roads, bridges, canals, dams, and buildings.
What is a civil engineering?
The ends of a magnet.
What are poles?
A tool containing one or more parts that uses energy to perform an intended action.
What is a machine?
The primary ingredient in plastics
What are polymers?
Atoms are made up of Neutrons, ________, and Electrons.
What are Protons?
The strongest shape to build with.
What is an triangle?
Discipline that focuses on computer apps and systems
What is Software Engineering?