Engineering
What is the term for a person who designs and builds complex systems or structures?
Engineer
What force pulls things to the ground?
gravity
How may people allowed inside the yellow lines when operating a machine?
One
Who designs roads and bridges?
civil engineer
What simple machine is a round object that helps move things easily, like on a car?
wheel and axle
What is the name of the engineering process that includes steps like defining a problem, brainstorming, prototyping, and testing?
design process
What do we call a structure made to carry cars over water or roads?
bridge
What should you wear to protect your eyes?
safety glasses
What do engineers use to help them draw building plans on a computer?
CAD (Computer-Aided Design)
What simple machine is used to lift something with less effort, like a seesaw?
lever
Which type of engineer works with machines
mechanical engineer
What is the name of a strong, curved structure used in bridges and doorways?
arch
What colour means danger or emergency
Red
What kind of energy comes from the sun?
solar energy?
What simple machine has a flat surface that is slanted, like a ramp
Inclined plane
What type of engineer would design a new road?
Civil
What do we call the force that slows things down when they rub together?
Friction
How should you carry a sharp tool?
point it down, away from your bod
Name a job that uses engineering but isn’t an engineer.
builder/mechanic/technician
What simple machine helps cut or split things?
Wedge
What are the four main types of engineering?
Civil
Mechanical
Electrical
Chemical
What type of energy is stored in something that is not moving, like a stretched rubber band?
potential energy
Name one safety rule in the workshop.
Wear PPE / tie hair back / no running / use tools properly?
What is the name of the design method engineers use to test, fix, and improve ideas?
Prototyping
What simple machine is made of a rope and wheel?
Pulley