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SEES Quiz Night 5

Total questions: 19

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Named after a German engineer born in 1832, what is the name of the idealized thermodynamic cycle that is the typical cycle used by internal combustion engines?
a)

Carnot cycle

b)

Ericsson cycle

c)

Otto Cycle

d)

Brayton cycle

2.
In which specific field of study would you think about what an object (like an airplane) does to the air around it?
a)

Hydrodynamics

b)

Aerodynamics

c)

Gas dynamics

d)

Aeroelastic flutter

3.

What controversial structure, built along China's Yangtze River, became the world's largest power station in 2012 and is also the world's largest concrete structure?

a)

Grand Renaissance Dam

b)

Thiba Dam

c)

Itaipú Dam

d)

Three Gorges Dam

4.
An automobile factory totaling 1.5 million square feet located in Newark, Delaware produced more than 7 million cars before its 2008 closure. Which of the "Big Three" automobile manufacturers in the US owned and operated the plant while in operation?
a)

General Motors

b)

Boeing

c)

Ford Motor Company

d)

Stellantis (Fiat Chrysler)

5.
The metal alloy invar, which has a low coefficient in thermal expansion, leading to its application where high-dimensional security is required, comprises iron and which ferromagnetic element?
a)

Nickel

b)

Bronze

c)

Steel

d)

Iron

6.
What "magician of iron" engineer built the metal framework for the Statue of Liberty?
a)

Frédéric Bartholdi

b)

Gustav Eiffel

c)

Liberty Beau Giggs

d)

Leon Salomon Moisseiff

7.
The Engineers are the sports teams of what upstate New York technical university?
a)

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

b)

California Institute of Technology

c)

Princeton University

d)

New York University

8.
What is the name of the robotic lander with an acronym for a name that launched in 2018 in order to study the interior of Mars? Its name implies that it will gain a deep understanding of its mission.
a)

Perseverance

b)

Curiosity

c)

Apollo

d)

InSight

9.
Benban Solar Park is a desert-located solar power station with planned capacity 3.8 TWh. It is currently the 4th-largest solar power plant in the world with plans to become the largest at some point. In what country would you find this massive installation that is visible from outer space?
a)

Morocco

b)

USA

c)

Egypt

d)

China

10.
What English man was a mathematician, philosopher, inventor and mechanical engineer, and is largely considered the originator of the concept of a digital programmable computer? Hint: his name rhymes with a common vegetable
a)

Ada Lovelace

b)

Carl Benz

c)

Charles Babbage

d)

Alan Turing

11.
Not related to a '70s funk band, what property of PV semiconductors indicates the wavelengths of light the material can absorb and convert to electrical energy?
a)

the Gap Band

b)

Silicon Teens

c)

The Transistors

d)

Bandgap

12.
In the 2010s, the size of photovoltaic power stations to generate and store solar energy has increased dramatically. Back in 2012, the largest project to-date was completed in Arizona and had a capacity of 247 MegaWatts. Only eight years later, there are three power stations with capacity for more than 2,000 MegaWatts each, two of which are located in what country?
a)

Egypt

b)

India

c)

Kenya

d)

China

13.
Howard P. Grant was the first Black graduate of the Berkeley Engineering, the first Black engineer for the City and County of San Francisco, and the first known Black member of what professional organization, the oldest of its type in the U.S.?
a)

American Society of Civil Engineers

b)

American Electrical Engineers Society

c)

American Society of Computer Engineers

d)

Software Engineering Society

14.
What beachy slang term refers to the miners and construction workers who have built a large portion of New York City's infrastructure?
a)
Biffs
b)
Sandhogs
c)
Cowboys
d)
Ginnie Hopper
15.
Which type of bridge is characterized by two projecting beams or trusses that are joined in the center by a connecting member and are supported on piers and anchored by counterbalancing members? The Quebec Bridge is an example of this type of bridge.
a)

Arch

b)

Cable-stayed

c)

Suspension

d)

Cantilever

16.
Solar energy inventor and pioneer Frank Shuman wrote the following in the New York Times in what decade? "We have proved ... that after our stores of oil and coal are exhausted the human race can receive unlimited power from the rays of the Sun."
a)

1950s

b)

1800s

c)

1910s

d)

1990s

17.
Inspired by how coral reefs make minerals, LBM (such as biocement and self-replicating concrete) has become popular in construction and design. What does LBM stand for?
a)

Limestone Building Material

b)

Lean Body Mass

c)

Liquid Bust Material

d)

Living Building Material

18.
Francis J. Doyle III is affiliate with the Division of Sleep Medicine at Harvard Medical School but his more time-consuming role with Harvard has been as dean of what school since 2015?
a)

Harvard School of Dental Medicine

b)

Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences

c)

Harvard Faculty of Engieering, Architecture, and Design

d)

Fu Foundation of School of Engineering and Applied Sciences

19.
Hybrit engineers and manufactures what colorful kind of steel, which has a lower carbon footprint from its production?
a)

Green Steel

b)

Red Steel

c)

Stainless Steel

d)

Lovetone Steel

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