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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 5: The Digital Domain and The Last Mammoth.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. The rack and pinion is an example of ______________.
(a) A gear.
(b) A stifle.
(c) A wedge.
(d) A lever.

3. In the illustration of binary code, what represents the "off" number?
(a) An empty crate.
(b) A pumpkin in a crate.
(c) A lemon in a crate.
(d) A basketball in a crate.

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

5. What do machines that keep something cool do to heat?
(a) Exchange it with cold material.
(b) Transpose it.
(c) Cause a change in velocity.
(d) Remove it.

Short Answer Questions

1. In which direction do electrons always travel?

2. What is an example of a second-class lever?

3. What type of input do we use to input binary code on a phone?

4. What sort of storage system use bar codes?

5. Towards which direction do electrons move on a magnet?

(see the answer key)

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