Engineering a Safer Car Reading Quiz

In the section "Crumple Zones", you learned about the definition of impulse - a force applied over a period of time. One way to protect passengers in a car crash is to...

• lengthen the stopping time to DECREASE FORCE applied to passengers

• make the stopping time short and abrupt in a crash to INCREASE FORCE to passengers

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Modern cars have crumple zones. What do they help with during a collision?

• the absorb energy during impact by bending and folding. As a result, they lengthen duration of the collision

• they shorten the duration of a collision for greater impact and force

• they do not help with anything

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After 1919, what were glass windshields coated with to prevent flying pieces of sharp glass from hurting passengers in a crash?

• rubber

• plastic

• metal

• aluminum

The purpose of an air bag is related to impulse. Its job is to ________ to prevent injuries

• lengthen the passenger's stopping time

• shorten the passenger's stopping time

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Did you know? An air bag is dangerous to small passengers because it opens at speeds close to ...

• 1 mph

• 10 mph

• 200 mph

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Why is it important to wear a seat belt? If a car moves at 60 mph, then the passenger moves at 60 mph. If the car STOPS and the person is NOT wearing a seatbelt,

• the person stops with the car

• the person continues moving at 60 mph until it is stopped by another force

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Engineers use information from controlled experiments on crash test dummies to control what two things?

• the passenger's rate of deceleration

• the car's paint color design

• the passenger's contact with the vehicle

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Self-driving cars could become more safer for everyone because humans ...

• are easily distracted on the road

• can exhibit dangerous behaviors

• use their phones while driving

• all answer choices are correct

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