Engineering and Energy Concepts Quiz

What is the main job of an engineer?

• To use science knowledge to design something in order to solve a problem

• To build houses without any plan

• To cook food for people

• To write stories for children

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What does the word "function" mean?

• What something can do

• The color of an object

• The size of an object

• The name of an object

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What does it mean to "synthesize" information?

• To put together multiple pieces of information in order to understand something

• To break things apart

• To ignore information

• To copy someone else's work

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A system is best described as:

• A group of parts that work together

• A single object

• A type of food

• A kind of animal

What is an argument in science?

• The use of evidence to say why one idea is the best

• A fight between people

• A type of machine

• A way to cook food

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What is a claim?

• A proposed answer to a question

• A type of energy

• A group of animals

• A kind of food

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What does it mean to convert something?

• To change from one form to another

• To keep it the same

• To throw it away

• To hide it

What is a converter?

• Something that changes one form of energy to another

• A type of animal

• A kind of food

• A place to live

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What does an electrical device do?

• Converts electrical energy to another form of energy

• Makes food

• Grows plants

• Cleans water

What is energy?

• The ability to make things move or change

• The color of an object

• The size of a building

• The taste of food

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