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What type of air transportation is usually seen providing aerial views of popular sports games, such as football, golf, and baseball? - -Blimp
What country produces more nuclear-generated electricity than any other country (which accounts for n...
What type of air transportation is usually seen providing aerial views of popular sports games, such as
football, golf, and baseball? - ✔✔-Blimp
What country produces more nuclear-generated electricity than any other country (which accounts for
nearly 1/3 of the world's total)? - ✔✔-United States
William Kamkwamba utilized what energy source that brought electricity and running water to his
neighborhood? - ✔✔-Wind
The most powerful hydroelectric project in the world is: - ✔✔-China's Three Gorges Dam
A space shuttle's control surfaces are used to control what three movements? - ✔✔-Roll, Pitch, and Yaw
What agency creates and enforces safety and performance standards for vehicles and related
equipment? - ✔✔-NHTSA -National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
Applying the brakes in a car is an example of what vehicle subsystem? - ✔✔-Control
What type of current can be stepped-down through transformers to be at a safe level for residential
housing? - ✔✔-Alternating, AC
Energy produced from the pedals on a bicycle is moved via this process to the rear wheel. - ✔✔-
Mechanical Transmission
A helicopter has how many degrees of freedom? - ✔✔-Three
, Batteries are identified as what type of energy converter? - ✔✔-Chemical
List the steps of a four-step engine operation. - ✔✔-Intake, Compression, Power, Exhaust
In 1919, the American scientist Robert H. Goddard designed the first _____. - ✔✔-Liquid-fuelled rocket
Road signs and warning signs are an example of which vehicular system? - ✔✔-Guidance
A type of nuclear reaction, which naturally occurs on the Sun is called _____. - ✔✔-Nuclear fusion
A wind turbine converts this type of energy into electrical energy. - ✔✔-Mechanical
Kinetic energy depends on these two variables. - ✔✔-Mass and velocity
This German aerospace engineer developed the design for delta wing aircraft. - ✔✔-Alexander Lippisch
The law of Conservation of Energy states that _____. - ✔✔-Energy can never be created nor destroyed.
What three countries have launched humans into space? - ✔✔-U.S., Russia, China
The first commercial fluorescent lamp was introduced by which company? - ✔✔-General Electric
This is the only place in the world where a boat can sail under a train that moves under a car that drives
under an airplane. - ✔✔-Boston University Bridge
Which American President championed the formation of the interstate highway system? - ✔✔-Dwight
D. Eisenhower
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