Engineering Basics

Driving a tractor on a farm

• Engineering

• Not engineering

Developing safer equipment used to climb a mountain is an example of engineering.

• True

• False

Select all the examples of engineering.

• Producing basketballs for the NBA and WNBA

• Developing new material for basketballs used in the NBA and WNBA

• Delivering hot dogs to an NBA stadium

• Designing better trays to hold food bought at the concession stand

• Creating a better sound system for the scoreboard in an NBA stadium

Engineering is the ​ ​ (a)   of designing ​ (b)   . It involves making ​ (c)   necessary for engineering technologists to make the ​ (d)   .

• process
• solutions
• drawings and models
• product
• potato
• manufacturing
• technology
• science

True or false: Engineering and technology are the same thing.

• True

• False

​ (a)   is the study of the ​ (b)   ​ (c)   and the ​ (d)   that govern it.

• Science
• natural
• world
• laws
• Technology
• Engineering
• ideas
• products

Match the following

• Aerospace Engineer

• Designs machines that fly

• Electrical Engineer

• Solves problems related to the environment

• Environmental Engineer

• Deals with problems involving energy, tools, and machines

• Mechanical Engineer

• Designs highways and bridges

• Civil Engineer

• Designs and develops electrical systems

A software engineer develops new types of laundry detergent for high efficiency washing machines.

• True

• False

Technology is the ​ (a)   humans use to ​ (b)   new ​ (c)   to meet their needs and ​ (d)   . It's also the products and ​ (e)   that are made.

• processes
• develop
• products
• wants
• artifacts
• engineering
• science
• mechanical
• electricity

Engineering and science are the same thing.

• True

• False