Worksheets1.1 Engineering as a Discipline Vocabulary TEST
Total questions: 16
Worksheet time: 13mins
Engineering is a discipline that uses knowledge of mathematics and science to create solutions to economically use available materials and forces of nature to benefit the human race through the process of design.
True
False
What is representing ABET?
Accreditation Board to Engineering Technology
Accreditation Board to Electrical Tech
Accrediting Board of Eagle Technology
What does accrediting mean?
to evaluate
to test
to grade
to give credit
The specifications of a project is called what?
constraints
criteria
variables
materials used
The boundaries on a solution is called what? IOW: The limits imposed on a design solution.
constraints
limitations
measurements
size
A process that takes an idea and implements it physically.
design
design process
idea
prototype
An iterative series of steps engineers use to arrive at the solution to a problem.
design
design process
computational thinking
scientific method
Characteristics of the Stone Age are ....
Used stones, bones and wood to make axes, spears, scrapers, bow and arrows.
lasted two million years
Created towns and villages
Used animal skins, hunted and gather food--- moved around
Bronze Age is a period from which people began to craft tools and weapons from bronze rather than from stone, from about 3000 B.C. to about 1200 B.C.
True
False
A mixture of metals is known as _______
Bronze
Alloy
Alloids
Brass
Reorder the following in Earliest time period to modern day
Stone
Bronze
Iron
Agricultural Era
Industrial Revolution
What event(s) happen during the Iron Age?
1200 B.C. to 450 BC
Iron made by the smelting process
Iron did NOT replace bronze in tool making.
This time period lasted the longest.
Agricultural Era
Made linen from flax
lived off the land by plowing and planting crops
10,000 B.C. to 8,000 B. C.
Invented the wheel, built houses and roads
Explain how an aqueduct helped advance civilization. 4-5 complete sentences
The Industrial Revolution period began in late 1700s lasting through the mid 1900's during which people invented machines that could spin fiber, weave fabric and pump water. The steam engine was invented.
True
False
A system in which people made goods using machines rather than by hand.
Factory
Agricultural
Industrical
Engineering
