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WorksheetsFixing Failure Points
Total questions: 11
Worksheet time: 6mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
When a solution to a problem doesn't work anymore, it's called _____
a)
a criteria
b)
a variable
c)
a failure point
d)
a prototype
2.
Engineers have to be able to spot failure points, and then try to _____
a)
define the problem
b)
do research
c)
isolate variables
d)
fix their solution
3.
An organized series of steps used to accomplish a goal is called _____
a)
a variable
b)
a solution
c)
a plan
d)
an outcome
4.
A condition or test that's part of a larger experiment is called _____
a)
a criteria
b)
a trial
c)
a plan
d)
a variable
5.
A place where a solution to a problem doesn't work anymore is called _____
a)
a variable
b)
a failure point
c)
a prototype
d)
a weakness
6.
One way that engineers test a solution in its early stages is to build a small _____
a)
variable
b)
model
c)
weight
d)
bulldozer
7.
A specific weight at which the bridge is no longer a good solution is called _____
a)
a failure point
b)
a variable
c)
an isolated variable
d)
a weakness
8.
After the failure, what was added to the model bridge before the new trial?
a)
another variable
b)
a bulldozer
c)
more weight
d)
extra support
9.
In 1940, what was built to get people across Puget Sound?
a)
the Brooklyn Bridge
b)
the Tacoma Narrows Bridge
c)
The Chesapeake Bay Bridge
d)
The Golden Gate Bridge
10.
For Galloping Gertie, the speed and angle of the wind were the bridge's _____
a)
weakness
b)
failure point
c)
solution
d)
isolated variable
11.
If you actually plan to fail then you're not really failing, you're _____
a)
making your solution better
b)
normal
c)
giving up early
d)
accepting reality
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