Simple Machines
The simple machine of a catapult
What is a lever?
One type of load.
What is a Live load, Dead load, Point load, Shock load, Environmental load?
True or False, the Catapults and Trebuchets the same
Why are catapults and trebuchets different?
The second step in building a stable tunnel.
What is support?
Type of engineer that designs the microchips in your computer, stereo, TV, etc.
What is a ceramic engineer?
True or false, There are 2 types of pulleys.
False
Destruction to the Tay bridge?
What is a storm had been raging all day along with a hurricane, cutting of part of the Tay bridge?
A catapult uses something to help the arm throw
What is tension or torsion?
Finishing touches of a stable tunnel.
What is lining?
Engineer that designs roller coaster
Structural engineer
The handle in ancient times.
What is a crank?
Tacoma Narrows bridge was called a name
What is the Galloping Gertie?
Catapults and trebuchets were used in warfare.
What is medieval warfare?
The three major types of tunnels
What is a soft-ground tunnel, a rock tunnel, and a underwater tunnel?
Engineer that designs running shoes
What is a biomedical engineer?
Linear motion
What is an object that is following in a straight line?
The Tay bridge was designed.
Who was Sir Thomas Bouch?
True or False, a catapult and trebuchet have a pulley
Why doesn't a trebuchet have a pulley?
Used to prevent collapsing of the head of a tunnel.
What is a tunnel shield?
Engineer that designs iPods and other MP3 players so you can listen to your favorite music
What is a electrical engineer
One way a gear is used for
What is transferring motion from one position to another, reversing the direction of rotation, increasing or decreasing the direction of rotation, Changing the axis of rotation, and decreasing or increasing the force of a machine?
Mosseiff’s bridge lacked something.
Who designed the Tacoma Narrows bridge? Why did Mosseiff’s design lacked stiffening trusses?
Parts of a trebuchet
What is a beam, a pivot point, a counterweight, a sling, a payload, and a frame?
Three major steps to build a stable tunnel
What is excavation, support, and lining?
Engineer that designed the bobsled course for the Winter Olympics
What is a civil engineer?