This is the force that pushes or pulls the plane forward by a propeller or a jet engine (choices: lift, thrust, weight or drag).

This is a transportation system that uses electric trains that can travel at very high speeds.

These are used to prevent train collisions.

Name 1 country that already has a high speed rail system up and running.

Name 1 type of natural disaster that engineers need to design for.

This is the force that acts opposite of thrust and can slow a plane down (choices: lift, thrust, weight or drag).

This is a state in the USA where a high speed rail system is being developed (hint...this is where Chicago is located).

Name 1 example of an early signal that was used to communicate to train conductors that they need to stop.

Name 1 geographical or environmental condition that high speed rail system developers must take into consideration when building a high speed rail system here in the United States.

This is the most common, costly and deadly natural disaster in the United States per year (choices: flooding, earthquakes, soil liquefacation, tornadoes) .

This is the force that pulls the plane down to earth due to gravity (choices: lift, thrust, weight or drag).

High speed rail operators cannot have a fast moving train within this many miles of large cities (like Chicago or St. Louis)...10 miles, 30 miles or 50 miles.

Tracks divided into sections to space trains far enough apart so that they do not collide are called blocks. The color used to communicate to train conductors that the next two blocks are unoccupied or open is (green, yellow or red).

Which way of purchasing a high speed rail ticket is INCORRECT (choices: bank, in person, online, vending machine)?

This is a material that engineers add to buildings to make them stronger in tension, or allows for flexing (choices: soil, rocks, reinforced plastic, concrete, steel).

This is the force that opposes weight and gravity and allows a plane to get off the ground (choices: lift, thrust, weight or drag).

Name one problem of the high speed rail system.

Tracks divided into sections to space trains far enough apart so that they do not collide are called blocks. The color used to communicate to train conductors that the first block is occupied or closed but the second block is unoccupied or open is (green,

This is what can happen when a train goes too fast on a track that is designed for low speeds.

This is what engineers design and build so to help minimize the effects of flooding or to hold water back.

These are the people that invented the first airplane.

Our high speed rail activity connected which 2 major cities (choices: Chicago, Omaha, Milwaukee, Minneapolis, New York City or St. Louis)?

Tracks divided into sections to space trains far enough apart so that they do not collide are called blocks. The color used to communicate to train conductors that all blocks are occupied or closed is (green, yellow or red).

What is the country in Europe that first sought out a high speed rail system (Choices: England, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Spain, Switzerland)?

Name 2 things to put into a disaster survival kit.