Vocabulary #1
Vocabulary #2
Energy
Go-Carts
Engineering Design Process
100
A person who uses scientific knowledge to design useful things is called _____________.
An engineer.
100
What is a consensus?
A majority of the group agrees.
100
The energy to propel the cart 2 meters comes from the _____________.
Rubberbands.
100
If the wheel diameter of the go-cart is doubled, what happens to the distance covered in one full rotation?
The distance is doubled.
100
What step in the Engineering Design Process requires you to brainstorm ideas and choose the best one?
Imagine
200
A representation that explains how something is built, how it works, or how it looks.
Model
200
What is the definition of collaboration?
The action of working with someone to produce or create something.
200
An electric fan can best be described as transforming electricity into _____________, _____________, and _____________.
Heat energy, sound energy, and mechanical energy.
200
What are the factors, or variables, that impact how far the go-cart travels?
Length of the rubberband, size of the wheel, how smooth the surface is (amount of friction), etc.
200
What step in the Engineering Design Process requires you to follow the plan and test it out?
Create
300
A model that is an idea or concept using mathematics, words, or drawings to explain how something works or how it is built.
Conceptual Model
300
What is a force?
A push or a pull.
300
What is the sequence of energy transfers that take place within a wind-up flashlight?
Mechanical energy to electrical energy to light energy.
300
Give three examples of models.
Globe, go-cart, doll, cell diagram, etc.
300
What step in the Engineering Design Process requires you to ponder what is the problem and what are the constraints?
Ask
400
Real models that work and can be tested and compared to the real thing; device designed to explain how something works.
Physical Model
400
What is the definition of friction?
A force that opposes the motion of an object.
400
When the rubberbands are stretched, what type of energy is created?
Potential energy.
400
What is always true about collaborating with others?
Designs can be improved with the ideas of different people.
400
What step in the Engineering Design Process requires you to draw a diagram and gather needed materials?
Plan
500
A product or a plan for making something.
Design
500
What is Newton's First Law of Motion (Inertia)?
An object at rest stays at rest and an object in motion stays in motion, unless an outside force acts upon it.
500
When the stretched rubberbands are released, what kind of energy is created?
Kinetic energy.
500
What is the main idea behind working with black boxes and hum dingers?
Sometimes science tries to explain things that cannot be seen.
500
What step in the Engineering Design Process requires you to discuss what can work better and make changes to the design?
Improve
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