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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What is the absence of any light?
2. Towards which direction do electrons move on a magnet?
3. What is the magnetic field caused by an electric force?
4. What is it called when levels rise and fall continuously?
5. How do oppositely charged electrons respond to each other?
Short Essay Questions
1. Who is the last mammoth?
2. What topic does Part 5 cover?
3. What are electrons? What does their movement create?
4. How do liquid crystal displays work?
5. What is current electricity? What is required to generate it?
6. Discuss the two types of lens, concave and convex.
7. What is a CPU and how is it illustrated by Macaulay?
8. What is the input?
9. What are bar codes?
10. How is static electricity formed?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
In Part One, The Mechanics of Movement, states that to understand the way things work, one needs to understand the underlying principles. Discuss the following:
1) Discuss the principles/laws of physics that underpin all of the various tools and machines presented in The New Way Things Work.
2) Thoroughly discuss the wedge. How is it used? Upon what principles of physics is it based? What are some common wedges? What is the most complex wedge that is discussed?
3) How often do you think you use a wedge during the course of your everyday life? Do you think it is important to understand the underlying principles of a wedge? Why or why not? Do you think it is interesting to understand upon what basis something such as a zipper was created?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss the following:
1) Define the property of precession. How is precession related to wheels. How does precession help a rolling wheel stay upright? How does the rotating speed of a wheel affect precession?
2) What is inertia? How is it related to wheels? How does the weight of an object affect inertia? What does inertia resist? How does this resistance affect the movement of a wheel?
3) What is centrifugal force? How is the property of centrifugal force important ina clothes dryer?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the following:
1) Why is a screw an inclined plane? Explain the basic design of a screw. How does it work as a wedge? What is the value of understanding the principle upon which a screw works?
2) What is an auger? How does an auger work according to the principle of a wedge?
3) Upon what principle of physics is a drill designed? What is another tool that works upon the same principle? How are the two tools alike? How are they different?
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