Simple Machines
Bridges
Catapults/Trebuchets
Tunnels/Foundations
Engineering Disciplines
100

The lever, pulley, wheel and axle, inclined plane, screw, and wedge.

What are the six simple machines?

100
What was the use of bridges?

To get over places that could not have roads on their surfaces. 

100

True or false- 

There is catapult only use torsion. 

False.

100

what does differential settlement mean?  

When one part of a foundation settles more than another. 

100

What do biomedical engineers do?

They enhance care and the quality of life. As in how many people die and get sick each year. 

200

There are this many types of levers. 

What are the three types of levers?

200

What was the bridge that had the nickname of Galloping Gertie? 

The Tacoma Narrows bridge. 

200

True or false- 

There are four main types of catapults. 

True

200

what are the three types of tunnels?

soft-ground tunnels, rock tunnels, and underwater tunnels. 

200

what were the top 3 engineers? 

Aerospace, biological, and architectural engineering. 

300

There are three types of levers. They are blank, blank, and blank.

What is the first class lever, a second class lever, and a third class lever? 

300

How many types of truss bridges are there? 

There are 15 types of truss bridges.

300

Trebuchets use this with a lever/arm to throw the load. 

What is sling?

300

what are the three main types of foundations? 

Slab-on-grade foundation, shallow foundation, and deep foundations. 

300

What are mechanical engineers wheel of?  

They are the wheel of the world.

400

There were two categories, inclined planes, and levers. There were three of the six inlined planes in each category. There were blank, blank and blank in one category. There was blank, blank and blank in the second category.  

What are inclined planes, wedges, and screw in the inclined plane category? What are pulleys, wheel and axles, and levers?

400
How many types of forces are there and what are they? 

There are 5 types of forces and they are tension, torsion, compression, bending, and shear.

400

The type of weight that is used to launch the load of a trebuchet. 

What is a counterweight? 

400

What is a frost heave?

A frost heave is when the water underneath the foundation turns in to ice and create an ice lens. 

400
What is the salary of an electrical engineer? 

The salary of an electrical engineer is 62,000 dollars. 

500

What are the 6 simple machines used for? 

They are used to make work easier.

500

How many types of loads are there and what are they? 

There are 6 different types of loads and they are point load, distribution load, dead load, live load, shock load, and environmental load. 

500
True or false- 


catapults were used to break castle walls.

True

500

What is another name for shallow foundations?

Another name for shallow foundations is footings. 

500

How much does a civil engineer get? 

They get about 72,000 dollars.