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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What makes it possible to use light and radio waves to communicate?
2. What does the acronym SONAR stand for?
3. As the frequency speed increases, what happens to the pitch?
4. Where are the stacked crates taken in an illustration in Chapter 4?
5. Where can the electromagnetic fields exist that sound waves cannot?
Short Essay Questions
1. Describe some types of memory.
2. What is current electricity? What is required to generate it?
3. Describe how the author illustrates a chemical reaction.
4. What makes it possible to use waves to communicate? How is this done?
5. Define the two types of waves that are discussed.
6. Explain how electromagnets keep machines running.
7. How do liquid crystal displays work?
8. Discuss the three principles which govern the flow of electricity.
9. What is a CPU and how is it illustrated by Macaulay?
10. What are the effects of electrons on the move?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
In Part One, The Mechanics of Movement, states that to understand the way things work, one needs to understand the underlying principles. Discuss the following:
1) Discuss the principles/laws of physics that underpin all of the various tools and machines presented in The New Way Things Work.
2) Thoroughly discuss the wedge. How is it used? Upon what principles of physics is it based? What are some common wedges? What is the most complex wedge that is discussed?
3) How often do you think you use a wedge during the course of your everyday life? Do you think it is important to understand the underlying principles of a wedge? Why or why not? Do you think it is interesting to understand upon what basis something such as a zipper was created?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss the following:
1) Define the Principle of Action and Reaction and the Principle of Suction.
2) How is the Principle of Action and Reaction related to a propeller? Explain with examples.
3) How is the principle of suction related to propellers? Explain with examples.
4) How does a sailboat use the principle of suction? How does a sailboat with two triangular sails differ from a sailboat with only one triangular sail with regards to the principle of suction?
5) Do you think the principle of suction applies to using a straw to drink? Explain your response.
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the following:
1) How does Macaulay use the term wheel and axle?
2) How is the wheel and axle related to a screwdriver? To the Hand Drill? A wrench?
3) Do you think the wheel and axle discussed in The New Way Things Work is an important invention? Why or why not.
4) Research the history of the screwdriver. When was it invented? By whom? Where? How were the first screwdrivers made? How are they made today?
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