Middle school · Physics
This quiz helps revise “Engineering design: build, test, improve” in Physics for middle school. It has 25 questions in five categories: The Design Cycle, Criteria and Limits, Prototypes and Tests, Classroom Challenges, Inspired by Nature. Questions get harder as the points go up, from 100 to 500.
The 100- and 200-point questions are open here. The rest show only their first words, and there are no answers: all of that is in the game itself.
Before sketching solutions, engineers must first identify the need they want to address. What is this opening step called?
What technique involves team members rapidly generating many creative ideas without immediately judging or rejecting any?
What term describes taking…
In the gameEngineers repeatedly test, tweak…
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What term describes limits that restrict a design, such as a strict budget, safety rules, or available materials?
What term describes the specific requirements and measurable goals that a successful design must achieve?
Accepting a heavier metal…
In the gameWhat scoring table or…
In the gameEngineers design an elevator…
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What early working model do engineers build to test their ideas and see how well a design performs?
To conduct a fair test on a new design, how many independent variables should an engineer change at one time?
Using powerful fans and…
In the gameWhat motorized vibrating platform…
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In spaghetti or balsa wood bridge challenges, which three-sided geometric shape makes trusses exceptionally rigid?
In the egg drop challenge, what fabric or plastic canopy is commonly attached to slow the container's falling speed?
When building a cardboard…
In the gameIn a DIY gravel-and-sand…
In the gameWhen a bridge bends…
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Inspired by prickly burdock burrs clinging to his dog's fur, George de Mestral invented which hook-and-loop fastener?
Engineers shaped the pointed nose of Japan's 500 Series Shinkansen bullet train to mimic the beak of which diving bird?
Reusable adhesive tape that…
In the gameTo reduce drag and…
In the gameWind turbine blades with…
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