SURPRISE MATH PROBLEM:
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This formula, expressed as V=IR, which describes the relationship between voltage, current, and resistance, is also known as what?
What is Ohm's Law?
This Greek mathematician discovered the relationship of the hypotenuse of a right triangle compared to its two side lengths.
Who is Pythagoras?
What “A” word defines the scientific study of sound, used to determine the efficiency of engineering projects? It is a word also used to describe a non-electric guitar.
What is Acoustic?
What “A” word is a watercourse engineered to carry water from a source to a distribution point? Used today to describe pipes, canals, and tunnels, it was most famously used in Ancient Rome, construction that stands to this day.
What is an Aqueduct?
The inverse of density, describes the volume per unit mass
What is Specific Volume?
The last letter of the Greek alphabet represents what unit of electrical resistance?
What is an ohm?
Also called Imagineers, these professional engineers, designers, architects, and illustrators are responsible for construction and design for the rides and layout of what theme park?
What is Disney World/Land?
This material property describes the minimum stress a material can withstand before it begins to deform permanently.
What is Yield Strength (or Yield Stress)?
This type of beam is characterized by one fixed end without supporting joints supporting the free end.
What is a cantilever beam?
Energy Balance for an Open System Formula
What is ΔH+ΔKE+ΔPE=Q+Ws?
This phrase is common to print for introductory programming among most languages.
Hello World
Brothers Wilbur and Orville Wright invented the first fully practical airplane in 1905 in this U.S. state.
What is North Carolina?
This fluid motion occurs when fluid slides smoothly over each, occurring at low velocities, and is characterized by a low Reynolds number.
What is Laminar Flow?
In civil engineering, Abrams’ law describes the strength of which type of building material that is composed of fine and coarse aggregate bonded together?
What is Concrete?
Thermodynamic property of a real gas or fluid that represents its effective pressure or "escaping tendency" from a phase
What is Fugacity?
This character played by George Lopez in Sony Pictures' hit move "The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lava Girl" served as the movie's primary antagonist.
Who is Mr. Electric
Swedish engineer Johan August Brinell unveiled his new device at the 1900 Paris Exposition that tested which material property?
What is Hardness?
Sounding like a Radiohead song, what is the term for the continued extension of an object while under a steady load?
What is Creep?
This biomedical device uses magnetic fields and radio waves to form images of the body.
What is Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)?
This constant of value 8.314 J/(mol*K) is the molar equivalent to the Boltzmann Constant
What is the Universal Gas Constant?
This open-circuit voltage measured across the output terminals of a complex linear circuit when any load is removed is used to simplify complex circuits.
What is the Thevenin Voltage?
The falling counterweight has to be way heavier than the payload to achieve max speed with what slinging siege weapon whose name might be an old French word for "topple"?
What is a Trebuchet?
Often associated with mattresses and desk chairs, what is the term for the application of psychological and physiological principles to the engineering and construction of products? The goal is typically to reduce human error and enhance safety and comfort.
What is Ergonomics?
LASER is an acronym for...
What is Light Amplification by Stimulated Emissions of Radiation?