What value is measured in ohms? - answer- Resistance
What type of electrical power is produced by a dam that backs up river water into a
lake? - answer- Hydroelectric
______________ is a chamber designed to allow movement between compartments
containing air at different pressures. - answer- Airlock
A(n) ____________ is used to transfer a boat from one level of a waterway to another
level. - answer- Lock
A graphic means of describing a sequence of steps in a process is a(n): - answer-
Flowchart
This type of mining operation is done when the coal is relatively near the surface of the
earth (no deeper than 120 feet). - answer- Strip Mining
Artificial limb technology by the interaction of medical science and engineering: -
answer- Prosthetics
Studs in residential construction are normally placed how far apart? - answer- 16 in on
center
What is the set of lines in drafting called? - answer- Alphabet of lines
The main purpose of the ____________ system is to reduce friction. - answer-
Lubricating
The wearing away of the land from the actions of wind, water, glaciers, and from the pull
of gravity is called: - answer- Erosion
A _____ is a simple, rapidly drawn design of initial ideas. - answer- Thumbnail sketches
The manufacture and distribution of goods by society is: - answer- Trade
A wide-flange steel beam is: - answer- I type
Conduction, convection, and radiation are the three ways that ___________ can be
transferred. - answer- Heat
What year was the first space shuttle launched? - answer- 1981
Which instrument measures electrical current? - answer- Ammeter
, What is the measure of potential difference in electricity? - answer- Voltage
Originally, many people thought of the car as a: - answer- Horseless Carriage
What is the 2017-2018 National TSA theme? - answer- Celebration of Success
Where will the 2018 National conference be held? - answer- Atlanta, GA
What color represents "our high standards morals, and religious beliefs we hold." -
answer- White
What is the TSA motto? - answer- Learning to Lead in a Technical World
According to the TSA creed I believe there is need for the development of good
attitudes concerning what five things? - answer- Work, tools, materials, experimentation,
and processes of industry
Who is the TSA executive director? - answer- Rosanne T. White
Who is the TSA national adviser? - answer- Mary Jo Patterson
What is the name for the trapping of heat in the Earth's atmosphere by water vapor,
carbon dioxide, and other gases? - answer- Greenhouse effect
What is a closed loop through which an electric current can flow? - answer- Circuit
What Kuiper belt object that was once classified as a planet is now classified as a dwarf
plant? - answer- Pluto
What is the name of the simple machine consisting of bar resting on a fulcrum? -
answer- Lever
What is the resistance to change in motion called? - answer- Inertia
What kind of robot has a body shape designed to somewhat resemble a human body? -
answer- Humanoid robot
What is the process of creating resistance in the body by stimulating the production of
antibodies? - answer- immunization /
vaccination
What is the name for a material that resists the flow of electricity, such as rubber? -
answer- Insulator
"Techne" is a Greek word that means what? - answer- Art
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