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?
Fill in the blank for the formula of force: F = __ * a
What is m?
The boiling temperature of water.
What is 100 degrees Celsius or 212 degrees Fahrenheit?
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?
A push or pull that can change the motion of an object.
What is Force?
lift, drag, thrust, and weight
What are the 4 forces of flight?
Revolutionary invention that made travel possible
What is the wheel?
A measure of the amount of matter.
What is Mass?
____ energy is produced with little-to-no environmental impact and does not dispense greenhouse gases into the air
What is green?
3 types of infrastructure in your city
What (are) roads, railways, and bridges?
Uneven heating causes air movement called this.
What is wind?
A type of energy that is stored and could be used by an object.
What is potential energy?
The majority of this synthetic product was made for packing materials such as bubble wrap, packing peanuts and water bottles.
What is plastic?
Copper, lithium, zinc and nickel are common metals in this "Energizing" energy source
What is a battery?
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?
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?
View used on a drawing to show a hidden part of the object by cutting away.
What is section view?
The measure of a substance's ability to dissolve in liquid, especially water
What is solubility?
A complete path of electrical energy
What is a circuit?
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?
An acceptable amount of dimensional variation that will allow an object to function correctly.
What is tolerance?
99% of the mass of an atom is in this part
What is a nucleus?
This lighting product produces light up to 90% more efficiently than incandescent light bulbs
What is LED?
Light-emitting diode
A framework, typically consisting of rafters, posts, and struts, supporting a roof, bridge, or other structure.
What is a truss?
This is the part of the neuron that receives information.
What is a dendrite?
Renowned artist who was also a talented mechanical engineer
Who is Leonardo da Vinci?
The primary ingredient in plastics
What are polymers?
This type of wave cannot propagate through a vacuum.
What is a mechanical wave?
Most common job for civil engineers
What is structural engineering?
The name for 4 bits of information to a computer. Hint: 8 bits is called a byte.
What is a nibble?