BUILT TO LAST - ENGINEERING
This 3-sided shape resists collapsing because it can't change shape without changing a side's length.
WHAT IS A TRIANGLE?
In a Caesar cipher, this is the name for the number of letters you shift the alphabet forward.
WHAT IS A SHIFT/KEY?
This is the name for stored energy an object has because of its height or position.
WHAT IS POTENTIAL ENERGY?
This term describes a version of a gene that's masked when paired with a dominant version.
WHAT IS RECESSIVE?
This is the name for the number system computers use, made up of only 1s and 0s.
WHAT IS BINARY?
NOPE
NOPE
Rolling a flat sheet of paper into this shape lets it hold far more weight standing up than lying flat.
WHAT IS A TUBE/COLUMN?
Using a shift of 3, this is what the word "CAT" becomes.
WHAT IS FDW?
This is the name for the energy of motion.
WHAT IS KINETIC ENERGY?
This is the grid tool used to predict the odds of a trait showing up in offspring.
WHAT IS A PUNNETT SQUARE?
In binary, this decimal number is written as "1101".
WHAT IS 13?
UH NOPE.
NOPE AGAIN.
Real towers and skyscrapers often widen at the bottom for this reason.
WHAT IS STABILITY/A WIDER BASE?
This is the name for math that "wraps around" back to the start after reaching a limit, like a clock going from 12 back to 1.
WHAT IS MODULAR ARITHMETIC/MOD?
A ramp is an example of this kind of simple machine.
WHAT IS AN INCLINED PLANE?
If two parents are both "Rr" for a trait, this fraction of their offspring is expected to show the dominant trait.
WHAT IS 3/4 OR 75%?
This is the term for a precise, step-by-step set of instructions used to solve a problem — the basis of all code.
WHAT IS AN ALGORITHM?
UHHHHH...... NOPE.
STILL NOPE.
This Paris landmark's legs splay outward at the base instead of standing straight up and down.
WHAT IS THE EIFFEL TOWER?
This is the most common letter in English, often used to help crack a substitution cipher.
WHAT IS E?
On a roller coaster, the top of the first hill is when the cart has the most of this type of energy.
WHAT IS POTENTIAL ENERGY?
This is the term for an organism's actual observable trait, like eye color, versus its underlying genetic code.
WHAT IS PHENOTYPE?
This is the term for a single binary digit, either a 1 or a 0.
WHAT IS A BIT?
TRY AGAIN
NOPE YET AGAIN.
WOMP
NOTHING TO SEE HERE
WOMP WOMP
WOMP WOMP WOMP
YOU'RE STILL HERE LOOKING FOR THINGS? SHEESH.
SERIOUSLY?
YOU HAVEN'T LEARNED YET?
WOW. I WORRY ABOUT YOU.
CRAZY PERSON
This U.S. structure, mentioned in this morning's engineering session, uses a wide splayed base and triangulated framework for stability.
WHAT IS THE EIFFEL TOWER?