Mechanical Engineering
The force pulling down on objects.
What is a gravity?
The 3 states of matter
What are liquid, solid and gas?
The substance flowing through the wires of a circuit.
What is Current?
The force that opposes the weight of an object in a fluid, keeping it afloat.
What is buoyancy?
The boiling temperature of water at 1 atmosphere
What is 100 degrees Celsius or 212 degrees Fahrenheit?
In what city is the NSBE 2025 National Conference in?
What is Chicago, Illinois?
The force preventing objects from continuing to move forever when pushed.
What is Friction?
Atoms are made up of Neutrons, ________, and Electrons.
What are Protons?
The ability to do work such as ride your bike, bake cookies and play sports
What is energy?
The strongest flat shape to build with.
What is a triangle?
lift, drag, thrust, and weight
What are the 4 forces of flight?
What year was NSBE incorporated?
1975
Which formula represents Hooke’s Law?
F=kx
A measure of the amount of matter.
What is Mass?
This law states that the total voltage around a closed loop is equal to the sum of voltage drops within the same loop.
What is Kirchhoff's Voltage Law (KVL)?
3 types of infrastructure in your city
What (are) roads, railways, and bridges?
The device that connects multiple networks and routes data between them.
What is a router?
Where was the first chapter of NSBE founded?
What is Purdue University?
A type of energy that is stored and could be used by an object.
What is potential energy?
The energy change associated with breaking and forming chemical bonds in a reaction.
What is enthalpy change (ΔH) ?
A complete path of electrical energy
What is a circuit?
These two materials are optimal materials for building bridges
What are steel and concrete?
Give 2 examples of clean/zero emission energy.
What are solar and wind?
What’s the correct response to ‘What’s up Region 4’?
Fo’ Solid. How Long? Fo’ Life. Forever.
This alloy of iron and carbon was the precursor to many later mechanical engineering marvels
What is steel?
This biochemical engineering innovation has changed the medical quality of life worldwide
What are vaccines?
Any material can conduct an electric current but these materials do not allow a current to flow very easily
What is an insulator?
A pulling force that acts to lengthen an object
What is tension?
The ends of a magnet.
What are poles?
How many years has NSBE been around?
What is 50 years?
The equation T = F x d x sin(𝛳) will give you which “moment of force” measure that makes an object rotate?
Answer: Torque
This technique involves adding a solution of known concentration to a solution of unknown concentration until the reaction reaches an endpoint, often indicated by a color change.
What is titration?
The device that increases or decreases the voltage of alternating current (AC)
What is a transformer?
A force divided by the area on which the force is acting.
What is a Stress?
Land is taken away by water, ice, wind, or gravity.
What is erosion?
Name three of the founding fathers of NSBE
Edward Coleman, Anthony Harris, Brian Harris, Stanley L. Kirtley, John
W. Logan Jr., and George Smith the “Chicago Six
An acceptable amount of dimensional variation that will allow an object to function correctly.
What is tolerance?
The process of a solid turning directly into a gas without passing through the liquid phase.
What is sublimation?
The rule used to determine the voltage drop across each resistor in a parallel circuit.
What is the voltage division rule?
A framework, typically consisting of rafters, posts, and struts, supporting a roof, bridge, or other structure.
What is a truss?
The measure of a substance's ability to dissolve in liquid, especially water
What is solubility?
What was the former name of the NSBE Professionals:
NSBE Alumni Extension
This Black inventor, who holds a Bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering and a Master's in nuclear engineering, is best known for creating the Super Soaker. He also contributed to NASA's Galileo mission to Jupiter and the B-2 stealth bomber. Who is he?
Lonnie Johnson
The process by which cells break down glucose to produce energy in the form of ATP.
What is cellular respiration?
What device is used to convert alternating current (A/C) to direct current (DC)?
What is a Rectifier?
This numerical method is used to predict how structures react to external forces, deformations, and other physical effects by breaking down complex shapes into simpler parts.
What is Finite Element Analysis (FEA)?
The maximum stress that a material can withstand without permanent deformation.
What is yield strength?
Name one of the last four NSBE MAP Professionals Presidents:
Tim Cole, Mitchelle Lyle, Shari Briggs, and Tristan Hickman