Building Sustainably
Energy from a source that is not depleted when used, such as wind or solar power.
What is renewable?
A measure of the amount of matter. Don't confuse this with weight!
What is Mass?
The purpose of the engineering design process is to...
What is solve a problem?
Atoms are made up of Neutrons, Protons, and _______
What are Electrons?
Finish Newton's third law of motion: For every action there is an equal and opposite _______
What is a reaction?
Global warming and its impacts on Earth's weather patterns cause by the emission of greenhouse gases is known as what.
What is Climate Change?
Everything is made up of _______.
What is Matter?
The requirements or specifications that the solution must include.
What are criteria?
Electricity is fast. It travels at roughly the same speed as...
What is a light?
The force preventing objects from continuing to move forever when pushed.
To treat or process used or waste materials so as to make suitable for reuse is know as ______.
What is a recycling?
The three phases of matter are gas, liquid, and ______.
What is solid?
The engineering design process involves iterations, which means the steps of the process are often...
What is repeated?
This person made connections between electricity and lightning, and invented the lightning rod, a device that conducts energy and protects buildings from powerful lightning strikes.
Who is Benjamin Franklin?
Any of several devices with few or no moving parts that are used to modify motion and the magnitude of a force in order to give a mechanical advantage.
What is a Simple Machine?
Meeting our own needs without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.
What is a sustainability?
The force with which the earth pulls on an object.
What is Weight or Gravity?
The first preliminary model from which improvements or modifications are made.
What is a prototype?
(1832, 1990, 2000, 2015)
What is 1832?
A downward force exerted on one end of this type of SIMPLE MACHINE can be transferred to the other end, allowing a small force to lift a heavy weight.
What is a lever?
The three "pillars of sustainability" are protecting the environment, maintaining the economy, and working towards _________
a.) efficiency b.) equity c.) education
What is Equity?
What is the metric system's freezing point (Celsius)?
What is zero?
This step of the process ensures that the design meets the requirements.
What is testing?
What substance in our bodies, conducts electricity and allows us to get shocked?
(water, fat, nerve cells)
What is water?
The strongest shape to build with?
What is a triangle?