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Total questions: 13
Worksheet time: 7mins
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Class
Date
1.
What's great about engineers?
a)
They fly hang gliders
b)
They build balloon air-lifts
c)
They solve all kinds of problems
d)
They knock down piles of marshmallows
2.
Engineers always approach testing with _____
a)
a solution
b)
an evaluation
c)
a plan
d)
unknown variables
3.
In the slingshot game, we decided that we could change one of two _____
a)
variables
b)
options
c)
criteria
d)
angles
4.
When we changed the angle of the slingshot, we also _____
a)
pulled a lot harder
b)
pulled a bit less
c)
pulled a bit harder
d)
didn't change how hard we pulled
5.
In repeated trials, we should _____
a)
isolate both variables
b)
change both variables each time
c)
change only one variable at a time
d)
pull harder on the slingshot
6.
When you choose one, and only one, variable to change, it's called _____
a)
removing a variable
b)
isolating a variable
c)
dividing a variable
d)
imprisoning a variable
7.
Rules or tests that are used to judge something are called _____
a)
variables
b)
criteria
c)
options
d)
conditions
8.
In the bowling game, knocking down the pins and doing it all in one turn were _____
a)
variables to isolate
b)
criteria for success
c)
variables to change
d)
problems to solve
9.
In the bowling game the mass, the angle, and how hard we threw the ball were _____
a)
criteria we could change
b)
criteria for success
c)
variables we could change
d)
problems we could solve
10.
To isolate a variable, we have to make sure that all of the other possible variables _____
a)
don't change too much
b)
stay the exact same
c)
decrease slightly
d)
increase slightly
11.
In the bowling game, we wanted our isolated variable to be _____
a)
the speed of the ball
b)
the angle that we threw the ball
c)
the mass of the ball itself
d)
the number of pins
12.
By using a ball ramp, which variable is kept the same?
a)
the speed of the ball
b)
the angle of the rolling ball
c)
the mass of the ball
d)
the number of pins
13.
Engineers set criteria when deciding if a solution to a problem is _____
a)
successful
b)
isolated
c)
a variable
d)
too simple
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