A Case of "What-Ifs"

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What kind of questions do engineers ask themselves every day? Options: "what if" questions, closed questions, hypothetical questions, leading questions

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"what if" questions

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Engineers use a series of steps known as the _____

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engineering process

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We started by defining a solvable problem, in our case _____

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how can we get across the gorge?

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We looked at more than one solution and chose a solution that _____

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met our criteria

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A condition or a value that can be changed is called _____

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a variable

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The height from which we drop a ball is _____

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a variable we can change

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When dropping a ball, the kind of ball we drop is _____

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a variable we can change

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When dropping a ball, one thing we can't change is _____

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the gravity that pulls on the ball

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When trying to traverse the gorge, one variable we can change is _____

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the weight of our hang glider

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When trying to hang glide across the canyon, one variable we can't control is _____

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the speed of the wind