Let's Fly!

A person who designs and builds things to solve specific problems is called _____

• a surveyor
• a scientist
• a technologist
• an engineer

The engineering process is a series of steps used to guide engineers as they work toward _____

• problems
• a solution
• solutions
• prototypes

For a single problem, engineers always brainstorm _____

• a quick solution
• the easiest solution
• a single solution
• more than one solution

A quality of an idea that is regarded as good or beneficial is known as _____

• a solution
• a strength
• a con
• a flaw

A quality of an idea that is regarded as a disadvantage or fault is known as _____

• a solution
• a strength
• a weakness
• a virtue

The balloon-powered air lift requires materials we don't have, like _____

• Carl and Russell
• a helium tank
• a propellor
• an umbrella

As an engineer, it's important to _____

• be bold
• think quickly
• think big
• be like Spock

What type of solutions won't work for real engineers?

• pretend solutions
• real solutions
• quick solutions
• easy solutions

Before they actually let someone try the hang glider solution, engineers would _____ 

• test it many, many times
• test it once
• publish it
• post it to YouTube

Of the proposed solutions, which one had the most strengths and fewest weaknesses?

• the balloon-powered air lift
• floating with the umbrella
• building a hang-glider
• giving up