Simple machines and Gears
What are the six types of simple machines?
The six simple machines are wedge, screw, pulley, inclined plane, wheel and axle, and lever.
What does a Rube Goldberg Machine do?
A Rube Goldberg machine completes a simple task.
What does a biomedical engineer do?
A biomedical engineer helps make the quality of life better and healthcare better for people.
What is a arch bridge made out of originally?
An arch bridges were originally made out of stone or brick.
What were catapults and trebuchets used for?
Catapults and trebuchets used for breaking down castles in the Medieval Warfare.
What are gears?
Gears are toothed wheel and axles
What is a project log for?
A project log helps keep track of what you did at a daily basis.
What does a civil engineer do?
A civil engineer designs and plans roads, bridges, high-rises, dams, and airports.
What is a arch bridge made out of now a days?
Now a days a arch bridge is made out of concrete or steel.
What does a trebuchet use to throw a object known as a payload.
A trebuchet uses gravity and a weight known as a counterweight to throw a object known as a pay load.
What to or more simple machines work together to perform one task, it becomes a _______.
Compound Machine.
When did we start the Rube Goldberg project?
3/8/19
What does an environmental engineer do?
An environmental engineer focuses on how to improve life for people such as preventing pollution and thinking of recycling methods.
What is a bridge?
A bridge is a structure that helps overcome any kind of obstacle (rivers, canyons, or seas).
Does a catapult work exactly the same as the trebuchet to accomplish the same goal?
A catapult works differently than a trebuchet to accomplish the same goal.
Two or more gears meshed together are called a _____ ______.
Gear train
How many simple machines should the Rube Goldberg machine have?
4 simple machines.
What do HVR&AC engineers do?
An HVR&AC engineer makes heating, refrigeration, and air-conditioning.
What is a beam bridge?
A beam bridge is a bridge that has a lot of pillars which hold the deck of the bridge.
Does a catapult only uses tension or only torsion?
A catapult uses both tension and torsion.
What is an inclined plane?
An inclined plane is a flat sloping surface. Objects can be rolled and slid on an inclined plane.
How many steps should the Rube Goldberg machine have?
At least 8 steps.
What does a material engineer do?
A material engineer designs and tests materials.
A truss bridge is like a beam bridge except it is supported from either above or below with triangular or rectangular elements.
What are two main types of catapults?
The two main types of catapults are Mangonel and Ballista.