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STEM Midterm 2022

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 30mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What does the word Prototype mean?
a)
Branch of science and technology concerned with the design, building, and use of engines, machines, and structures. 
b)
The trial of the quality of something. 
c)
Working model that a user can interact with a test a concept. 
d)
To work effectively with a team to accomplish a goal.
2.

What do you do after you finish any activity?

a)

Clean up quickly and quietly

b)

Start running around the classroom

c)

Begin talking off-topic with your friends

d)

Nothing, it does not apply to me

3.

A test to find out about something

a)

myth

b)

experiment

c)

variables

d)

confirmed

4.

A sentence asked to gain information

a)

demonstration

b)

question

c)

scientific method

d)

experiment

5.

The act of watching carefully

a)

fact

b)

hypothesis

c)

observation

d)

opinion

6.

A series of steps that engineers follow to come up with a solution to a problem. Many times the solution involves designing a product (like a machine or computer code) that meets certain criteria and/or accomplishes a certain task.

a)

Engineering Design Process

b)

Brainstorming Process

c)

Design and Ideas Process

d)

Engineering and Building Process

7.

To say that (something) will or might happen in the future. To tell in advance.

a)

predict

b)

mortar

c)

setting

d)

plot

8.

To consider how to best solve the problem

a)

effect

b)

cause

c)

design

d)

plan

9.

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

10.

What are the steps of the Engineering Design Process?

a)

Ask, Plan, Improve

b)

Ask, Imagine, Plan, Create, Improve

c)

Plan, create, done

d)

Ask, plan, improve

11.
What is the step after PLAN in the design process?
a)
Ask
b)
Imagine
c)
Create
d)
Improve
12.

What is the step after IDENTIFY FAULTS in the design process?

a)

ask

b)

imagine

c)

plan

d)

improve

13.

What force causes things to fall toward the ground?

a)

Gravity

b)

Mass

c)

Friction

d)

Pressure

14.

According to your Engineering Design Process, what is step 1?

a)

Research

b)

Brainstorm

c)

Identify the problem

d)

Test, investigate and interprete data

e)

Share the solution

15.

A FORCE is something that...

(2 answers)

a)

makes a sound

b)

pushes on

c)

pulls on

d)

stands still

16.

What do we call energy that is available but is not yet being used?

a)

Kinetic Energy

b)

Potential Energy

c)

Natural Energy

d)

Mechanical Energy

17.

What do we call energy that is being released to do work?

a)

Kinetic Energy

b)

Potential Energy

c)

Natural Energy

d)

Mechanical Energy

18.

Engineers are people who design and build things to solve _____

a)

riddles

b)

equations

c)

crosswords

d)

problems

19.

Some scientists want to design a system of instruments that will evaluate ocean currents, temperatures, and winds in order to predict weather patterns.  What should they do before they produce the first complete working version of the system?

a)

conduct research on features for a new drill

b)

build a prototype of the new drill

c)

determine the materials needed to build the new drill

d)

present the final design

20.

What is the first step in the Engineering Design Process?

a)

Iterating

b)

Testing

c)

Selecting

d)

Identifying