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What is the fraction 3/100 converted to a decimal and a percent?

• 0.3 and 3%

• 0.03 and 3%

• 0.03 and 30%

• 0.3 and 30%

Which one of Newton's Laws explains why it is important to wear a seat belt in a moving car?

• First Law of Motion

• Second Law of Motion

• Third Law of Motion

• Law of Gravity

An engineering team is meeting for the first time. According to the Engineering Design Process, what will they be doing first?

• Specifying requirements

• Brainstorming ideas

• Defining the problem

• Constructing a hypothesis

Which of the following can not be learned from constructing a 3D model of a car?

• What the volume and mass of the car will be

• How long the tires will last

• How all the parts will fit together

• What colors will look nice on the car

When using computer design software to build a model, the first step is to...

• define the shape that will be extruded or revolved.

• document the dimensions of the part.

• communicate with the manufacturing engineers.

• apply interesting borders to the design.

Which of the following is typically measured in nanometers?

• An ant

• A seed

• The flu virus

• A single dog hair

Hydrogen and Oxygen bond to form water (H₂O).What does this bonded substance represent?

• A compound

• An atom

• A nucleus

• A cell

Which of the following states of matter has the least amount of kinetic energy?

• Solid

• Liquid

• Gas

• Plasma

Using the pie chart below, determine which activity a class spent the most time doing.

• Chromatography activity

• PTC in the computer lab

• Lunch

• Rocketry activity

Two boats are floating by each other. Based on Bernoulli's Principle, what happens if water is forced between the two boats?

• The boats will move toward each other

• The boats will move away from each other

• Neither boat will move

• Both boats will capsize