PLTW Quiz 1

During the instant design challenge, your team used the design process to create a paper airplane.

Identify the 1st step of the design process that was used during this challenge.

• Define a problem

• Generate concepts

• Design a solution

• Build and Test

• Evaluate Solution

As they create new airplane designs, aerospace engineers document their work because........ hint more than 1 correct answer

• to provide future historians artifacts to exhibit in museums.

• To know what worked and continue improving those designs.

• To avoid making the same mistake.

• To show Issac Newton proof.

When forming a team to solve a design challenge, why is it important to establish team norms before starting to work? Select all that apply.

• To encourage productivity of the team.

• To define how the team will function.

• To ensure that all team members are treated with respect.

• To see who should do all the work.

What happens to an airplane in flight when drag is greater than thrust?

• The plane rises.

• Plane descends

• Plane accelerates

• Plane slows

Which arrow represents weight?

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Draw an example for Newton's 1st law.

Draw an example of Newton's 2nd law.

Draw an example of Newton's 3rd Law.

Identify where Thrust, weight, lift, and drag are located with the image.

Which force should be greater to move the airplane move forward?

Thrust or drag

Answer explanation

Thrust should be larger than drag to make the airplane move forward.