Tools
This refers to the category of tools that hold two different objects together.
What is a fastener?
The most common and cheapest kind of bridge, can be found all along the highways that run through Lawrence.
Beam Bridge
The first step of the Engineering Design Process, the beginning of any investigation.
What is ask a question?
This refers to what is put into a system at the start.
What is the input?
Refers to the origin of any communication.
What is the source?
This power tool is used to cut precise shapes into large blocks of wood.
What is a jigsaw?
The most expensive and lengthy bridge type, sometimes the most majestic bridges ever built and sometimes primitive and old.
What is a suspension bridge?
The second step, involving finding more information and sources.
What is research?
This refers to the things that happen to the first step, what they go through.
What is the process?
The part of the system that turns ideas humans can understand into computer code.
What is an encoder?
A table saw is an example of one.
What is a seperator?
These bridges are characterized by their curves.
A piece of technology that is a proof of concept, it is not for sale but for engineers to test their solutions with.
What is a prototype?
This refers to the product of any system, what comes out at the end.
What is the output?
The part that sends information from one place to somewhere else.
What is a transmitter?
This refers to the category tools that is used to measure properties of substances. (IE Temperature, length, height, width, weight, etc.)
What is a measurer?
These bridges often have beams that form shapes, most commonly triangles.
What is a truss bridge?
The last step of the design process, it involves building upon the previous steps and prepares the engineers to go through the process for another time.
What is improve and redesign?
This refers to the results being compared to the original goal, a judgement on the performance of the system.
What is feedback?
The part that catches information from the air.
This refers to the category of tools that are used to carry large loads of items.
What is a lifter?
The part of the bridge that is connected to the ground. Every bride has at least two.
What are piers?
When engineers share their findings to other scientists and the public.
What is report out?
Give an example of a system with all parts correctly identified.
(Up to Mr. Mercier answers should vary)
The part where information can be put away for later use.
What is storage?