The New Way Things Work Quiz | Eight Week Quiz B

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 118 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

The New Way Things Work Quiz | Eight Week Quiz B

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 118 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Harnassing the Elements, Introduction, Floating, Flying and Pressure Power, pp.91-141.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the Mechanics of Movement explore?
(a) How the movement of anything can be either a net gain or net loss of energy.
(b) How pulleys ultimately lose energy that can never be regained.
(c) How pulleys can create energy.
(d) How the conservation of energy plays into movement, force, and effort.

2. In flying, what is used to overcome weight from gravity?
(a) Lift created by the tiller.
(b) Lift created by the airfoil.
(c) Lift created by the rudder.
(d) Lift created by the nose.

3. What is a first-class lever?
(a) Where the distance is further from the fulcrum than the effort.
(b) Where the effort and the load are equal distances from the fulcrum.
(c) Where there is no load needed for the effort.
(d) Where the effort is a greater distance from the fulcrum than the load.

4. How does a ship vary in density?
(a) According to its load.
(b) According to how long it takes to get underway.
(c) According to the speed it is making.
(d) According to how much water is on board.

5. What are tanks that take in water to increase the density of the craft?
(a) Variable.
(b) Rolling.
(c) Bilge.
(d) Ballast.

Short Answer Questions

1. The rack and pinion is an example of ______________.

2. What happens when molecules are squeezed or stretched beyond the boundaries of their comfortable balance?

3. What controls direction on a ship?

4. How does a zipper operate?

5. How many forces hold things together?

(see the answer key)

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