Introduction to Civil and Transportation Engineering Defining Geotechnical Engineering Speed and Motion Green Energy and Transportation Glider Airplanes
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What is engineering?
This is a career field that applies scientific principles to every day things to help make life easier.
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What is geotechnical engineering?
This is the study of the earth to make sure it is suitable for construction.
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What is speed?
The rate at which something is moving is called...what?
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What is a wind turbine?
This is the device that collects wind and converts energy from the wind into usable energy in a process known as wind power.
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What is thrust?
This is the force that pushes or pulls the plane forward by a propeller or a jet engine (choices: lift, thrust, weight or drag).
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What is transportation?
This is the movement of goods, services and people from one location to another.
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What is (e.g., roads, buildings, bridges, excavation, tunnels, railroads, pipelines, etc.)?
Name 1 type of structure or infrastructure when a geotechnical engineer would be needed.
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What is motion?
When something is moving, it said to be in...what?
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What is Texas?
This state is where the largest wind farm is located.
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What is drag?
This is the force that acts opposite of thrust (choices: lift, thrust, weight or drag).
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What is a barge?
The penny boats were modeled after this type of boat.
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What are samples of dirt/ground?
Geotechnical engineers go to constructions sites to get what type of material to test so that a building can be built.
300
What is accelerating?
When something is increasing in speed, it is doing...what?
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What is (e.g., bird migration path, where wind speed exceeds 56 mph, within 300m from the nearest home)?
This is an example of where a wind turbine cannot be built.
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What is weight?
This is the force that pulls the plane down to earth due to gravity (choices: lift, thrust, weight or drag).
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What is surface area?
Shallow penny boats hold more pennies. This is because a larger, flat bottom floats better and holds more weight because it has greater...what?
400
What is to test them?
Geotechnical engineers go to a laboratory with samples of environmental materials to do...what?
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What is Bubble Gum Challenge?
We did two activities for the Speed and Motion lesson. One was the Speed Challenge where you walked and skipped in the hallway. The other activity was what?
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What is 30 mph?
This is the ideal mph wind speed for a wind turbine to collect wind energy.
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What is lift?
This is the force that opposes weight and gravity and allows a plane to get off the ground (choices: lift, thrust, weight or drag).
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What are (e.g., buildings, bridges)?
Structural engineers build...what?
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What is the Leaning Tower of Pisa?
Because of a close river causing the ground around it to get soft, this famous Italian structure rose and began to lean.
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What is 5?
If you are trying to find the average speed of 5 different speed trials, you would add the total speeds and divide by what to find your average?
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What is the (e.g., tower, the nacelle or the rotor blades)?
Name 1 of the 3 main parts of a wind turbine.
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Who are the Wright brothers?
These are the people that invented the first airplane.






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