Agriculture Engineering/Simple Machines
What is the definition of a Force?
A push or pull on an object (that causes it to move or change speed)
What type of sheep were at Smokey Ridge?
Baby Doll Sheep
What kind of crop did we make into juice?
grapes
What 2 types of nuts did we compare?
Chestnuts and walnuts
What is the goal of a simple machine?
To make work easier
What do we call young sheep, or baby sheep?
Lambs
What a grape farm called?
A vineyard
True or False: the chestnut burr is soft and silky
False: they are spiky and sharp
What kind of simple machine is a wood chopping axe?
A wedge (but your arm acts as a lever!)
True or False: Sheep get sheared every couple of weeks
False: Sheep are sheared one time a year
Name at least 2 elements that plants need to grow
Sun, Water, space, and nutrients
Which apple was more sour?
The green granny smith apple
Name 2 examples of a wheel and axle:
Car tires, a wheel barrow, roller skate wheels, egg beaters, ferris wheel, windmill
Spinning the wool
Give an example of a way a plant can compete for more sunlight?
It grows taller, or reaches futrther
What is the name of the tool you used to get the walnut out of it's shell?
A nutcracker
A tractor has many simple machines built into one. What kind of machine is that called?
A complex machine
Name 2 steps you have to do to get wool from off of the sheep and turned into a piece of clothing
Shear the sheep, wash the fleece, card(brush) the wool, spin the wool into yarn, knit or weave the yarn into cloth
What were we measuring when we looked at the juice through the refractometer? (Hint: the water didn't have any)
We were measuring the sugar content
What kind of diagram did we use to compare the 2 kinds of nuts
A Venn diagram