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Pitsco: Transportation Expedition

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the first step of the engineering design process?Ask

a)

Ask

b)

Plan

c)

Test

2.

What is the oldest man made vehicle?

a)

Train

b)

Canoe

c)

Sled

3.

Where was the Pesse Canoe found?

a)

Spain

b)

France

c)

Netherlands

4.

Russia is credited with skiing to move on the snow, ski's found there date back to which year?

a)

6300 B.C

b)

7000 B.C

c)

6300 A.D

5.

The wheel was invented in Mesopotamia in 3500 B.C, it was originally invented as this ___________?

a)

Cart Wheel

b)

Potters Wheel

c)

Sled Wheel

6.

Babylonian's use clay tablets to create maps, which century do they give credit for this invention?

a)

2300 B.C

b)

2000 B.C

c)

3500 B.C

7.

The first railed transport was made from limestone, men pulled the ships across the rails. Which country did this take place in 600 B.C?

a)

Spain

b)

Greece

c)

France

8.

Graphing is good because it helps us to summarize ________.

a)

Solutions

b)

Problems

c)

Data

9.

Independent variable do not ________.

a)

Change

b)

Depend on other variables

c)

Both are correct

10.

A dependent variable is dependent on an independent variable for its value. Which one of the following might be a dependent variable?

a)

A person's height

b)

Outside Temperature

c)

The number of chairs in a classroom

d)

All are dependent on an independent variable

11.

When graphing the x on the horizontal line represents which variable?

a)

Independent

b)

Dependent

12.

When graphing the dependent variable is represented by which letter?

a)

X

b)

Y

13.

When graphing there is an ordered pair (6,4) for example. In this ordered pair which is the x or independent variable?

a)

4

b)

6

14.

On the load bot the drive gear is attached to the _________.

a)

Axle

b)

Motor

c)

Transmitter

15.

The driven gear has 80 teeth and is attached to the ________.

a)

Motor

b)

Wheel

c)

Transmitter

16.

The drive gear has to rotate two times in order for the driven gear to rotate once. What is this ratio?

a)

2 :1

b)

1:2

c)

2:2

17.

Torque is a force that causes _________.

a)

Drag

b)

Lift

c)

Rotation

18.

According to page 5 in your log book which textbook was the heaviest load?

a)

1

b)

3

c)

4

19.

On page 10 in your log book, which traffic sign does this picture represent?

a)

Left lane merges

b)

Railroad Crossing

c)

Slow down

20.

In transportation signs like this represent which type of material is being transported?

a)

Hazardous

b)

Valuable

c)

Heavey