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The Robot Challenge

Total questions: 11

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Who can you thank for designing and building bridges, hang gliders and calculators?
a)
lawyers
b)
doctors
c)
engineers
d)
accountants
2.
The set of steps used to solve technical problems is called _____
a)
the high-tech progressions
b)
the engineering process
c)
the scientific implementation
d)
the construction technique
3.
Stating "I need a way to retrieve my phone" completed which step of the process?
a)
defining the problem
b)
developing a solution
c)
doing research
d)
evaluating the solution
4.
Which idea was chosen as the best possible solution to the problem?
a)
lower Sabrina on a rope
b)
use a fishing pole
c)
build a robot
d)
leave the phone in the sewer
5.
Including a camera and a suction cup were part of which engineering step?
a)
defining the problem
b)
designing a solution
c)
doing research
d)
evaluating the solution
6.
During the testing stage, the small experiments are known as _____
a)
trials
b)
prototypes
c)
strengths
d)
failure points
7.
For the trials to be really useful, what must be done with the variables?
a)
insulate them
b)
sever them
c)
isolate them
d)
detach them
8.
Conditions that remain constant throughout the experiment are called _____
a)
fast variables
b)
fixed variables
c)
transient variables
d)
unknown variables
9.
If the robot crashes when carrying the weight of the phone, that would be _____
a)
a failure point
b)
an inflection point
c)
a full stop
d)
a tight spot
10.
Which of these is a variable that we can change?
a)
the sewer depth
b)
the phone size
c)
the phone weight
d)
the propeller size
11.
Until we get the outcome we're looking for, we'll keep _____
a)
fixing the outcome
b)
tweaking the variables
c)
removing the criteria
d)
isolating the solution