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What type of air transportation is usually seen providing aerial views of popular sports games,
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such as football, golf, and baseball? - correct answer✔✔Blimp
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What country produces more nuclear-generated electricity than any other country (which
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accounts for nearly 1/3 of the world's total)? - correct answer✔✔United States
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William Kamkwamba utilized what energy source that brought electricity and running water to
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his neighborhood? - correct answer✔✔Wind
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The most powerful hydroelectric project in the world is: - correct answer✔✔China's Three
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Gorges Dam |||\\\
A space shuttle's control surfaces are used to control what three movements? - correct
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answer✔✔Roll, Pitch, and Yaw |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\
What agency creates and enforces safety and performance standards for vehicles and related
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equipment? - correct answer✔✔NHTSA -National Highway Traffic Safety Administration |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\
Applying the brakes in a car is an example of what vehicle subsystem? - correct
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answer✔✔Control
What type of current can be stepped-down through transformers to be at a safe level for
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residential housing? - correct answer✔✔Alternating, AC |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\
,Energy produced from the pedals on a bicycle is moved via this process to the rear wheel. -
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correct answer✔✔Mechanical Transmission |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\
A helicopter has how many degrees of freedom? - correct answer✔✔Three
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Batteries are identified as what type of energy converter? - correct answer✔✔Chemical
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List the steps of a four-step engine operation. - correct answer✔✔Intake, Compression, Power,
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Exhaust
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In 1919, the American scientist Robert H. Goddard designed the first _____. - correct
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answer✔✔Liquid-fuelled rocket |||\\\
Road signs and warning signs are an example of which vehicular system? - correct
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answer✔✔Guidance
A type of nuclear reaction, which naturally occurs on the Sun is called _____. - correct
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answer✔✔Nuclear fusion |||\\\
A wind turbine converts this type of energy into electrical energy. - correct
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answer✔✔Mechanical
Kinetic energy depends on these two variables. - correct answer✔✔Mass and velocity
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This German aerospace engineer developed the design for delta wing aircraft. - correct
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answer✔✔Alexander Lippisch |||\\\
The law of Conservation of Energy states that _____. - correct answer✔✔Energy can never be
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created nor destroyed. |||\\\ |||\\\
, What three countries have launched humans into space? - correct answer✔✔U.S., Russia,
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China
The first commercial fluorescent lamp was introduced by which company? - correct
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answer✔✔General Electric |||\\\
This is the only place in the world where a boat can sail under a train that moves under a car
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that drives under an airplane. - correct answer✔✔Boston University Bridge
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Which American President championed the formation of the interstate highway system? -
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correct answer✔✔Dwight D. Eisenhower |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\
Guinness World Records has declared this city's metro system as the world's longest fully
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automated metro network -- spanning at 75 kilometres (47 mi). - correct answer✔✔Dubai |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\
Metro
Geocaching uses what device to send and receive signals with satellites? - correct |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\
answer✔✔GPS-Global Positioning System |||\\\ |||\\\
Maverick, along with Snow Leopard and Lion are examples of_____. - correct |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\
answer✔✔Operating systems |||\\\
Recently, most computers have developed faster USBs. What does USB stand for? - correct
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answer✔✔Universal Serial Bus |||\\\ |||\\\
What is the method of printing that involves the use of a negative, photographic coating, and
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light to expose the image? - correct answer✔✔Offset lithography
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answers
What type of air transportation is usually seen providing aerial views of popular sports games,
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such as football, golf, and baseball? - correct answer✔✔Blimp
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What country produces more nuclear-generated electricity than any other country (which
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accounts for nearly 1/3 of the world's total)? - correct answer✔✔United States
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William Kamkwamba utilized what energy source that brought electricity and running water to
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his neighborhood? - correct answer✔✔Wind
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The most powerful hydroelectric project in the world is: - correct answer✔✔China's Three
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Gorges Dam |||\\\
A space shuttle's control surfaces are used to control what three movements? - correct
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answer✔✔Roll, Pitch, and Yaw |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\
What agency creates and enforces safety and performance standards for vehicles and related
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equipment? - correct answer✔✔NHTSA -National Highway Traffic Safety Administration |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\
Applying the brakes in a car is an example of what vehicle subsystem? - correct
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answer✔✔Control
What type of current can be stepped-down through transformers to be at a safe level for
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residential housing? - correct answer✔✔Alternating, AC |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\
,Energy produced from the pedals on a bicycle is moved via this process to the rear wheel. -
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correct answer✔✔Mechanical Transmission |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\
A helicopter has how many degrees of freedom? - correct answer✔✔Three
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Batteries are identified as what type of energy converter? - correct answer✔✔Chemical
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List the steps of a four-step engine operation. - correct answer✔✔Intake, Compression, Power,
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Exhaust
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In 1919, the American scientist Robert H. Goddard designed the first _____. - correct
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answer✔✔Liquid-fuelled rocket |||\\\
Road signs and warning signs are an example of which vehicular system? - correct
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answer✔✔Guidance
A type of nuclear reaction, which naturally occurs on the Sun is called _____. - correct
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answer✔✔Nuclear fusion |||\\\
A wind turbine converts this type of energy into electrical energy. - correct
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answer✔✔Mechanical
Kinetic energy depends on these two variables. - correct answer✔✔Mass and velocity
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This German aerospace engineer developed the design for delta wing aircraft. - correct
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answer✔✔Alexander Lippisch |||\\\
The law of Conservation of Energy states that _____. - correct answer✔✔Energy can never be
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created nor destroyed. |||\\\ |||\\\
, What three countries have launched humans into space? - correct answer✔✔U.S., Russia,
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China
The first commercial fluorescent lamp was introduced by which company? - correct
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answer✔✔General Electric |||\\\
This is the only place in the world where a boat can sail under a train that moves under a car
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that drives under an airplane. - correct answer✔✔Boston University Bridge
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Which American President championed the formation of the interstate highway system? -
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correct answer✔✔Dwight D. Eisenhower |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\
Guinness World Records has declared this city's metro system as the world's longest fully
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automated metro network -- spanning at 75 kilometres (47 mi). - correct answer✔✔Dubai |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\
Metro
Geocaching uses what device to send and receive signals with satellites? - correct |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\
answer✔✔GPS-Global Positioning System |||\\\ |||\\\
Maverick, along with Snow Leopard and Lion are examples of_____. - correct |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\
answer✔✔Operating systems |||\\\
Recently, most computers have developed faster USBs. What does USB stand for? - correct
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answer✔✔Universal Serial Bus |||\\\ |||\\\
What is the method of printing that involves the use of a negative, photographic coating, and
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light to expose the image? - correct answer✔✔Offset lithography
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