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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Harnassing the Elements, Exploiting Heat, Nuclear Power, pp. 142-173.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is any engine that burns fuel inside the engine?
(a) Internal combustion engine.
(b) Nuclear fusion engine.
(c) Thermodynamic engine.
(d) Steam engine.

2. What happens if the edges of the two wheels touch?
(a) The rotation of one will cause the other to rotate.
(b) The one will stop the other wheel.
(c) The one wheel will wear out faster than the other.
(d) Nothing unless they have cams.

3. What imparts movement into the air or water around them on a ship?
(a) Propellers.
(b) Bits.
(c) Cams.
(d) Levers.

4. When an object absorbs light rays, how is the energy held in the object?
(a) As heat.
(b) There is no energy involved.
(c) As inertial energy.
(d) As kinetic energy.

5. What are two things a sail can do for a craft?
(a) Propel and repel.
(b) Propel and stop.
(c) Lift and Slow.
(d) Give pulpulsion and direction.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many types of gears are there?

2. What does increasing heat do to molecules?

3. What forms a molecule?

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

5. Upon what principle does a pulley work?

(see the answer key)

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