Glider Airplanes | Edible Cars | High Speed Rail Systems | Railroad Signals | Careers in Engineering |
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What is weight?
This is the basic force that pulls the plane down to earth due to gravity.
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What is 2?
Cars typically have this many axles.
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What is the High Speed Rail?
This is a form of transportation system that uses electric trains that can travel at very high speeds.
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What is to prevent collisions or crashes?
This is the main reason for why railroad signals are used.
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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.
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What is lift?
This is the basic force that opposes the force, weight, and allows a plane to get off the ground.
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What is 5?
An 18-wheeler would need this many axles.
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What is Illinois?
This is the state that you built your High Speed Rail in for the High Speed Rail Systems activity.
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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.
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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.
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What is thrust?
This is the basic force pushing or pulling the plane forward by a propeller or a jet engine.
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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.
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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?
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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.
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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.
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What is drag?
This is the opposing basic force of the air resisting the thrust motion.
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What are body, axle and wheels?
These are the 3 parts of a car you needed to choose out of food to build your edible car.
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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.
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What is electric circuits?
This was the activity you did for Railroad Signals day.
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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.
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Who are the Wright brothers?
These are the brothers who are credited with inventing and building the world's first successful airplane.
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What is an internal combustion engine?
Most automobiles in use today are propelled by what type of engine?
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What are in person, vending machines and on-line?
These are the 3 ways you can purchase a train ticket.
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What is 1 mile?
This is how long it takes a train to stop if going 55 mph .
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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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