Hoverboard

What emotion did you feel when you discovered we'd be learning about hoverboards?

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Answer explanation

The Lexus Hoverboard

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What are the two benefits of using a table of contents?

• It gives readers an overview of what topics are covered in the book.

• It tells readers to read every single page.

• It allows readers to go directly to a specific section.

Answer explanation

You flew over that question!

What is the person standing on?

• skateboard

• hoverboard

• floatboard

The word hover means to

• sink

• float

What do you call a person who uses scientific knowledge to design something in order to solve a problem?

• designer

• engineer

• scientist

Answer explanation

Dietmar Berger, a magnetic levitation engineer, and Ludwig Schultz, a pioneer of superconducting levitation, were the main experts responsible for the design of the system.

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To ensure hoverboards are safe for riding, engineers have to test them

• 1 time

• 10 times

• 100's of times

Answer explanation

Over 400 days of trial and error.

Still... how exciting and sometimes frustrating those days must have been.

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Match the following

• repel

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• attract

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• balanced

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• unbalanced

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Answer explanation

Awesome knowledge!

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What pushes the hoverboard upward?

• attracting magnets

• repelling magnets

Answer explanation

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Why doesn't the hoverboard keep rising upward into the sky?

• attracting magnets

• mass

• gravity

Answer explanation

Earth pulls objects downward with the force of gravity.

Maybe someday you'll engineer a flying hoverboard!

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Two ​ (a)   are ​ (b)   when they are in opposite ​ (c)   and each force has the same ​ (d)   .

• forces
• balanced
• directions
• strength

Answer explanation

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