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STEM PRE-TEST

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What does S.T.E.M. stand for?

a)

Scenery, Time, Entertainment, Money

b)

Seals, Tigers, Elephants, Monkeys

c)

Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics

d)

Scientists, Technician, Education, Mathematician

2.

What is math?

a)

using numbers

b)

use of numbers to measure. a method to quantify our environment

c)

numbers in patterns

d)

addition, subtraction, and multiplication

3.

What is engineering?

a)

working on car engines

b)

the process used to design technology to modify or observe our environment

c)

designing engines

d)

a method to make stuff

4.

What is technology?

a)

computers

b)

created items meant to make it easier to modify or observe our environment

c)

things made up of metal or plastic

d)

phones & cars

5.

What is science?

a)

the study of life

b)

a method to study & experiment

c)

the study of stuff

d)

the process we use to observe our environment & make conclusions

6.

What is S.T.E.M.?

a)

Science Technology Engineering Math

b)

The use of Math & Engineering to c create the Technology needed to modify and observe our environment

7.

A beam or truss bridge is supported by:

a)

trees

b)

metal rods

c)

column or piers

d)

wires

8.

______ distribute the load (weight) at the end of an arch bridge.

a)

abutment

b)

piers

c)

pillars

d)

columns

9.

Modern suspension bridges are characterized by a/an ____ shape cable pattern.

a)

T

b)

M

c)

A

d)

N

10.

Which bridge design typically is the simplest and least expensive?

a)

modern suspension

b)

arch

c)

beam/truss

d)

cable-stayed

11.

Which bridges design typically has the longest span?

a)

modern suspension

b)

beam/truss

c)

arch

d)

cable-stayed

12.

____ is the force that acts to shorten the thing is is acting upon. It pushes force together or like squeezing it together.

a)

force

b)

gravity

c)

tension

d)

compression

13.

_____ is the force that acts to expand or lengthen the thing isis acting upon. It is stretching the object and pulling the object apart.

a)

force

b)

compression

c)

gravity

d)

tension

14.

Idenitify who is responsible for the design of bridges.

a)

civil construction workers

b)

civil engineers

c)

civil bridge designers

d)

civil scientists

15.

Besides how they look, the main difference between the types of bridges is the ____they can safely span.

a)

distance

b)

design

c)

weight

d)

capacity

16.

What is the difference between a control and a constant?

a)

control & constant are the same thing

b)

constant is selectively changed variable for observation while control always stays the same

c)

control is selectively changed variable for observation while constant always stays the same

17.

What is the difference between speed and velocity?

a)

speed has direction unlike velocity

b)

velocity has direction unlike speed

18.

What equation is this?

a)

Wave length equation

b)

Mass equation

c)

distance equation

d)

speed equation

19.

The push or pull on an object with mass causes it to change its velocity.

a)

inertia

b)

force

c)

energy

d)

STEM

20.

"the ability to do work" is _____

a)

force

b)

energy

c)

work

d)

inertia