Glider Airplanes Edible Cars High Speed Rail Systems Railroad Signals Careers in Engineering
100
What is weight?
This is the basic force that pulls the plane down to earth due to gravity.
100
What is 2?
Cars typically have this many axles.
100
What is the High Speed Rail?
This is a form of transportation system that uses electric trains that can travel at very high speeds.
100
What is to prevent collisions or crashes?
This is the main reason for why railroad signals are used.
100
What is a civil engineer?
An engineer that designs and maintains public works such as roads, bridges, water and energy systems as well as public facilities like ports, railways and airports.
200
What is lift?
This is the basic force that opposes the force, weight, and allows a plane to get off the ground.
200
What is 5?
An 18-wheeler would need this many axles.
200
What is Illinois?
This is the state that you built your High Speed Rail in for the High Speed Rail Systems activity.
200
What is green?
This is the color used by train traffic controllers to indicate to a train conductor that a track is clear to use.
200
What is a geotechnical engineer?
An engineer who is interested in the engineering behavior of earth materials; they are concerned with construction on or in the ground.
300
What is thrust?
This is the basic force pushing or pulling the plane forward by a propeller or a jet engine.
300
What is (e.g., cannot have that fast of a train within a certain distance of a city, costs a lot of money to build, have to be able to allow trains and other traffic to keep flowing)?
This is one problem of having High Speed Rails in the United States?
300
What is red?
This is the color used by train traffic controllers to indicate to a train conductor that a track is occupied and they cannot use it.
300
What is a transportation engineer?
An engineer that plans, designs, operates and manages facilities for any mode of transportation in order to provide for the safe, efficient, economical and environmentally compatible movement of people and goods.
400
What is drag?
This is the opposing basic force of the air resisting the thrust motion.
400
What are (e.g., gasoline, diesel, electricity, battery, hydrogen, ethanol, natural gas)?
These are 3 types of fuel that can be used to power a car.
400
What is Japan?
This is the country near the coast of Asia that has their High Speed Rail System set-up and connects the north and south sections of the country.
400
What is electric circuits?
This was the activity you did for Railroad Signals day.
400
What is a mechanical engineer?
An engineer that designs and analyzes the usage of heat and mechanical power for the operation of machines and mechanical systems.
500
Who are the Wright brothers?
These are the brothers who are credited with inventing and building the world's first successful airplane.
500
What are body, axle and wheels?
These are the 3 parts of a car you needed choose out of food to build your edible car.
500
What are in person, vending machines and on-line?
These are the 3 ways you can purchase a train ticket.
500
What is a mile?
This is how long it takes a train to stop if going 55 mph .
500
What is an environmental engineer?
An engineer that develops solutions to environmental problems; they are involved in efforts to improve recycling, waste disposal, public health and in the control of water and air pollution.






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