EDP
Engineering Vocab
Famous People in STEM
Catapults
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What does EDP stand for and who uses it?

Engineering Design Process, engineers use it to create new projects

100

Where is the base of the catapult?

The bottom - for this project it's the box

100

What did Steve Jobs create?

Apple products
100
Have you ever made a catapult before?

Up to you!

200

What is the first step of EDP?

Ask a question

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What is the lever of a catapult?

The arm where the load is placed in

200

Who invented the first telephone?

Alexander Graham Bell

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What did the first catapult hurl?

Heavy rocks and stones

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What do you do until the project is fine tuned?

Repeat EDP

300

What is kinetic energy?

Energy that is moving

300

Who invented the first computer?

Charles Babbage or Henry Ford?

Charles Babbage

300

Where does the word catapult originate from?

Latin word 'catapulta' which means to toss/hurl something downwards

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What is the last step of EDP?

Improve

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What is potential energy?

Energy that is stored/resting

400

Who invented the first atomic bomb?

Robert Oppenheimer

400

Where was the first catapult made?

In Ancient Greece

500

What is the fourth step of EDP?

Build

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What is centrifugal force?

The force that creates an outward push- like a cotton candy machine
500

What did Nikola Tesla invent?

The air conditioning system

500

Who invented the first catapult?

Leonardo DaVinci