Engineering Design Process Assessment

Name

What are the 6 steps of the engineering design process?

What is the purpose of the engineering design process (EDP)?

What is the purpose of the scientific method?

Which of the following would be an example of a scientist using the scientific method?

• Following a group of birds to understand their flight patterns
• Creating a device that helps measure the flight patterns of birds

Which of the following would be an example of a engineer using the engineering design process?

• Following a group of birds to understand their flight patterns
• Creating a device that helps measure the flight patterns of birds

Buoyant force is

• The force that works to sink an object in fluid
• The displacement of fluid
• The waters ability to absorb another object
• The force that pushes up against an object submerged in fluid

________ works against buoyant force

• Gravitational force
• Pressure
• Oppositional Force
• Water displacement

Buoyancy is

• The tendency for materials to rise or float in fluid
• The object that warns boats not to enter
• The rate at which an object sinks
• All of the above

Buoyant Force acting on an object immersed in fluid is ____ the weight of the fluid that the object displaces.

• greater than
• less than
• equal to