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Tech Bowl first Round

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

This is an annual STEM competition that provides middle and high school students the opportunity to discover engineering. Student teams work to use the practical applications of math and science to answer engineering questions about everyday world challenges.

a)

STEM- Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math

b)

TEAMS - [Tests of Engineering Aptitude, Mathematics, and Science]

c)

STEAM-Science, Technology, Education, and Math

d)

STEAM-science, technology, engineering, art and math)

2.

Developed in 2000, this robotic medical assistant helps surgeons perform surgeries with more accuracy and the elimination of shaking hands.

a)

ABB

b)

Da Vinci

c)

Fanuc

d)

Mitsubishi

3.

Creating replacements for human body parts is called _____.

a)

prosthetic

b)

Bionics

c)

bioengineered

d)

implants

4.

This color in the TSA logo represents the sincerity of technology education students and teachers in obtaining greater knowledge of our technological world.

a)

Blue [navy]

b)

white

c)

Red

d)

Baby Blue

5.

What country produces more nuclear-generated electricity than any other country (which accounts for nearly 1/3 of the world's total)?

a)

United States

b)

China

c)

France

d)

Russia

6.

During the school year, TSA chapters around the country raise money to help fund the vital research, education, advocacy, and patient services for what organization?

a)

American Heart Association

b)

American Red Cross

c)

American Cancer Society

d)

Feeding America

7.

Who coined the phrase World Wide Web?

a)

Bill Gates

b)

Tim Cook

c)

Jeff Bezos

d)

Tim Berners-Lee

8.

What is the TSA motto?

a)

The art challenges the technology, and the technology inspires the art. – John Lasseter

b)

Learning to Live in a Technical World

c)

“Technology is best when it brings people together.”

d)

Man is still the most extraordinary computer of all. – John F. Kennedy

9.

In 1989, Steve Price developed what key trademark of TSA?

a)

Technology Student Association

b)

The Logo

c)

VEX Robotics

d)

Motto

10.

What type of current can be stepped-down through transformers to be at a safe level for residential housing?

a)

Voltage

b)

Direct Current, DC

c)

Alternating, AC

d)

ohms

11.

Invented in 1819, this device allows doctors to detect bodily sounds, such as a heartbeat.

a)

X-ray

b)

Stethoscope

c)

Robot

d)

MRI

12.

What is the first step in the communication process?

a)

decoding

b)

encoding

c)

coding

d)

talking

13.

Used in movies, video games, and commercials, this is the application of static or dynamic graphics to contribute to images or scenes.

a)

CGI-Computer Generated Imagery

b)

artificial intelligence (AI)

c)

IBM-International Business Machines

d)

CS-Computer Science

14.

What agricultural product is used in the production of crayons?

a)

peanuts

b)

cotton

c)

corn

d)

Soybeans

15.

What percentage of water does the body contain?

a)

Approximately 70%

b)

Approximately 80%

c)

Approximately 65%

d)

Approximately 50%

16.

What domain name was registered on February 14, 2005?

a)

Google

b)

Youtube.com

c)

Tick Tok

d)

Twitter

17.

In what year did TSA become a non-profit corporation?

a)

1978

b)

2020

c)

1968

d)

1998

18.

What alternative fuel, commonly made from corn, can be used to power gasoline engines?

a)

Natural gas

b)

Hydrogen

c)

Ethanol

d)

Diesel

19.

Heart valves from what animals are used to replace damaged or diseased human heart valves?

a)

dog

b)

deer

c)

Hogs/pigs

d)

cow

20.

Kinetic energy depends on these two variables.

a)

AC

b)

Mass and velocity

c)

DC

d)

thermal energy