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WorksheetsDesigning a Trial
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 6mins
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1.
When engineers design a solution to a problem, they focus on _____
a)
a failure point
b)
a scale model
c)
an isolated variable
d)
a specific outcome
2.
In order to make sure that a solution meets a specific outcome, engineers _____
a)
identify a single failure point
b)
isolate a specific variable
c)
do a bunch of trials
d)
do a single trial
3.
The criteria are the rules we use to _____
a)
isolate a variable
b)
judge a solution
c)
strengthen a bridge
d)
step through a problem
4.
Conditions that could change over the course of an experiment are called _____
a)
criteria
b)
variables
c)
failure points
d)
solutions
5.
When we launched Catbot into a pile of marshmallows, we only changed _____
a)
the angle of the slingshot
b)
how hard the slingshot was pulled
c)
the number of marshmallows
d)
the distance to the pile
6.
The places where a solution doesn't work anymore are called _____
a)
variables
b)
criteria
c)
failure points
d)
isolations
7.
Getting a ring around the pin, and doing it in one throw are the _____
a)
variables we can change
b)
criteria for success
c)
variables we can isolate
d)
problems we can solve
8.
The size of the ring, and the distance we can stand away from the pin are _____
a)
variables we can change
b)
variables we can't change
c)
problems we can solve
d)
problems we can't solve
9.
In the ring toss game, which variable are we unable to change?
a)
the size of the ring
b)
the size of the pin
c)
how we throw the ring
d)
the pull of gravity
10.
In the ring toss game, we first chose to isolate _____
a)
the size of the ring
b)
the distance from the pin
c)
the size of the pin
d)
how we throw the ring
11.
In the ring toss game, what failure point was found?
a)
using a very large ring
b)
standing far away from the pin
c)
using a very small pin
d)
throwing too hard
12.
Once a trial gives us a successful outcome, we still need to try and find _____
a)
failure points
b)
solutions
c)
variables
d)
criteria
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