TSA Tech Bowl Technology 4, TSA Technology Bowl

If an object 100 inches long is bent or pulled to be 101 inches long, the amount of strain on the object is this much

1%

For roofing materials, a square of material is enough to cover this much roofing area

100 sq. ft

How many cycles occur if an engine is operating at 3600 RPM?

1800

A number 12 auger bit is used to drill a hole how big?

3/4" in Diameter

A type of system that uses circulating pumps and fans to collect and distribute heat.

Active Solar Energy Collection

These reduce the strength of concrete

Air Bubbles

Any source of energy other than fossil fuels that is used for constructive purposes.

Alternative Energy

energy derived from sources that do not use up natural resources or harm the environment

Alternative Energy

The unit of electric current in the meter-kilogram-second system of units. Referred to as amp and symbolized as A.

Ampere

the basic unit of electric current adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites

Ampere

The angle at which the wings are attached to the fuselage of an airplane is the:

Angle of Incidence

The placement of colors, light and dark masses, and large and small objects in a picture to create harmony is known as

Balance

Any heavy material carried on a ship to provide the desired draft and stability for the ship is the:

Ballast

The collapsible air bag inside the gas bag of an airship is this

Ballonet

A non-self-propelled vessel with drafts from two to five meters is a:

Barge

This is not part of a magnet

Battery

Plant materials and animal waste used especially as a source of fuel.

Biomass

The point where the amount of money earned equals the amount of money spent is the:

Break-Even Point

The path for carrying signals between a source and destination is a

Channel

This is where transmitted TV signals are sent through a cable and are not radiated into the atmosphere

Closed Circuit TV

This is an instrument used to draw arcs and circles

Compass

The world's first commercial supersonic airliner was this

Concorde

the transfer of heat through matter by molecular activity; Energy is transferred through collisions from one molecule to another

Conduction

This is shipping goods in a large box which can be filled at one location, transported via different modes, delivered to its destination without rehandling

Containerization

the transfer of heat by the movement of a mass or substance; it can take place only in fluids

Convection

The net transfer of electric charge

Current

The net transfer of electric charge (electron movement along a path) per unit of time.

Current

The ratio of the useful energy delivered by a dynamic system to the energy supplied to it

Effiency

Energy caused by the movement of electrons.

Electrical Energy

the energy of moving electric charges

Electrical Energy

A form of energy caused by the movement of electrons.

Electricity

The flow of electrical power or charge

Electricity

the process in which an electric current is used to produce a chemical reaction, such as the decomposition of water

Electrolysis

A form of energy that travels through space as waves.

Electromagnetic Energy

The production of electricity in conductors with the use of magnets

Electromagnetic Induction

On a delta wing airplane ailerons or elevators are not used to control the plane's movement, these are used instead

Elevons

A fundamental entity of nature that is transferred between parts of a system in the production of physical change within the system and usually regarded as the capacity for doing work

Energy

the ability to do work or cause change

Energy

Changing one form of energy to another

Energy Conservation

a thermodynamic quantity representing the amount of energy in a system that is no longer available for doing mechanical work

Entropy

An organization that works to develop and enforce regulations that implement environmental laws enacted by Congress

Environmental Protection Agency

This device is used to send documents and images from one place to another via normal telephone lines

Fax Machine

The full production of a product begins after the production prototype has been:

Field Tested

a law that states that the internal energy in a system remains constant and the change in thermal energy of a system is equal to the work done on the system.

First Law of Thermodynamics

These are the devices used to hold materials in place while the materials are being worked on in a manufacturing process

Fixtures

The screw that would naturally be set flush with the surface is a:

Flathead

Moving coarse aggregate down into the concrete and leaving only fine aggregate sand on top in order to have a level surface is known as this

Floating

This part of a vessel is situated at or towards the bow of the vessel

Fore

The principle views of a multiview drawing are these

Front, Top, Right Side

Individual fuel cells that are combined in series.

Fuel Cell Stack

In computers, the abbreviation GIGO means:

Garbage In, Garbage Out

This item is the printed or filmed output of information in humanly readable form

Hard Copy

The compass direction which a traveler or vehicle is or should be moving towards is its:

Heading

Energy in transit due to a temperature difference between the source from which the energy is coming and a sink toward which the energy is going

Heat

The first permanent photographic image created by Joseph Niepce was a:

Heliograph

In a post and lintel structure, the lintel is the:

Horizontal Element

This type of engine is a heat engine designed to burn the fuel inside the engine

Internal Combustion Engine

An Underwriters' Laboratories label on the electrical appliance undicates that it is:

It is safe for the purposes for which it was designed

Absolute temperature scale

Kelvin

A straight line that comes closest to the points on a scatter plot

Line of Best Fit

This can be described as any effect that creates a need for a resistive force to prevent the collapse or failure of a structure

Load

Always buff the plastic on this part of the wheel

Lower

Products are made from substances called this

Materials

This is an example of a converting process

Melting

This is the current economic system used in the US

Monetary

unit that measures the resistance of an electric current

Ohm

States that the direct current flowing in an electric circuit is directly proportional to the voltage applied to the circuit

Ohm's Law

Most manufactured products and all major buildings are first created here

On a Drawing Board

This is the actual result of a process

Output

Systems that do not make use of any externally powered, moving parts, such as circulation pumps, to move heated water or air.

Passive Solar Energy Collection

This is the leftover center of a log used to make plywood

Peeler Core

This electronic device is a lightweight hand-held item that primarily serves as a personal organizer with some wireless communications capabilities

Personal Digital Assistant

The combing of resources into actual results which fulfill a desired goal is known as a:

Process

Stages a product goes through from concept and use to eventual withdrawal from the market place.

Product Development Lifecycle

The three types of this are job-lot, line, and custom

Production

Construction, manufacturing, and biotechnology are examples of this because they are ways of creating goods or products to meet the needs and wants of society

Production Technologies

This is a preliminary full-scale working model of a new product

Prototype

The measure of resistance to heat flow

R-value

the transfer of energy by electromagnetic waves

Radiation

A resource that can be replaced when needed.

Renewable Energy

the measurement of how difficult it is for charges to flow through a material

Resistance

Another name for a steel-collar worker is this

Robot

This is what the abbreviation RMS means, pretaining to electric signals

Root Mean Square

This has top priority in production environments and is never sacrificed for the desire for speed or expediencey

Safety

a law that states all natural processes proceed in a preferred direction

Second Law of Thermodynamics

This was the first US space station

Skylab

This is a plastic card the size of a credit card that can be used to hold personal information

Smart Card

"Echo sounding" and asdic are two synonyms for:

Sonar

This is a device used for maintaining the stability of an aircraft and is the fixed horizontal tail surface on a plane

Stabilizer

A measure of the average energy of motion of the particles of a substance

Temperature

two objects are at the same temperature; there is no flow of heat between them

Thermal Equilibrium

A part of the physical world as described by its thermodynamic properties such as temperature, volume, pressure, concentration, surface tension, and viscosity.

Thermodynamic System

the study of heat and its transformation to different forms of energy

Thermodynamics

This is an example of a live load for a structure

Traffic

Varnish brushes should be cleaned in this

Turpentine

A measure of thermal transmittance through a material

U-value

The unit of potential difference symbolized as V.

Volt

The potential difference measured in volts. The amount of work to be done to move a charge from one point to another along an electric circuit.

Voltage

This type of lumber is used for general building and construction use. It is separated into two grades, select and common

Yard Lumber

the law that if two bodies are in thermal equilibrium with a third body then the first two bodies are in thermal equilibrium with each other

Zeroth Law of Thermodynamics