Jeopardy Final Jeopardy MATHNEES Engineering Physical Earth Science Science Version 3 July 16, 2011

100 Question from Math Simplify the square root of 48

100 Answer from Math What is 4 root 3? Solution – 4 3 = 4*4*4 = 16*4=48

200 Question from Math Solve the equation 7a + 3 = 5a – 3a + 8

200 Answer from Math What is a = 1? Solution of 7a + 3 = 5a – 3a + 8 7a – 5a + 3a = 8 – 3 5a = 5 a = 5/5 = 1

300 Question from Math Let f(x) = x 3, and g(x) = x – 2 What is f(g(x))

300 Answer from Math What is (x – 2) 3 ?

400 Question from Math Multiply 7 – 4i and i

400 Answer from Math What is i ? Solution for Multiply 7 – 4i and i (7 – 4i)(10 + 6i) i-40i – 24i i – 24i 2

500 Question from Math Solve the system of equations: y = x 2 – 5x + 1 x + y + 2 = 0

500 Answer from Math What is (x + 4)(x – 1) = 0 ? or What is x 2 – 4x + 3 = 0? solution: y = x 2 – 5x + 1 -y = x = x 2 – 4x + 3

100 Question from NEES The number of large scale test sites Within the NEES network

100 Answer from NEES What is 14? University of California Santa Barbara University of California San Diego University of California Los Angeles University of California Davis Lehigh University Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Cornell University University of Buffalo University of Minnesota University of Illinois- Urbana Oregon State University University of California Berkeley University of Nevada Reno University of Texas Austin

200 Question from NEES The institution in which NEES is Headquartered, and also houses the Education Outreach and Training Department

200 Answer from NEES What is Purdue University? NEEScomm manages the 14 large scale test facilities where the earthquake engineering and science community to their research.

300 Question from NEES Scientist and engineers at NEES often simulate these two disasters In order to mitigate damage Due to them.

300 Answer from NEES What are earthquakes and tsunamis?

400 Question from NEES NEES is named in memory of this person and was the chairman of the House Science committee and a champion of engineering and science in Congress for more than 30 years

400 Answer from NEES Who is George E. Brown?

500 Question from NEES This educational program allows upper level undergraduate students the opportunity to conduct research alongside current NEES scientist and engineers at various universities.

500 Answer from NEES What are REU s (research experiences for undergraduates)?

100 Question from Engineering This device is used to simulate earthquakes.

100 Answer from Engineering What is a shake table?

200 Question from Engineering This type of structure is generally used to transport vehicles and people across busy streets/highways, and bodies of water.

200 Answer from Engineering What is a bridge?

300 Question from Engineering Structural engineers design structures like buildings and bridges. Being able to work at a lab like Bowen allows engineers to _____ their design.

300 Answer from Engineering What is test?

400 Question from Engineering This fundamental subject uses equations to help engineers design structures by modeling and testing systems.

400 Answer from Engineering What is math (or science) ?

500 Question from Engineering In this engineering discipline, engineers can design and test circuits used in electronic devices like calculators, remotes, and computers.

500 Answer from Engineering What is electrical ?

100 Question from Physical Science When an earthquake occurs, _______ energy is released.

100 Answer from Physical Science What is potential?

200 Question from Physical Science This defines the amount of energy transferred by a force (including gravity).

200 Answer from Physical Science What is work? Mechanical Work results from a force F exerted over a linear distance x F ∆x Mechanical Work = ∫ Fdx

300 Question from Physical Science If you were to hold a ball in the air, the ball possesses ________ energy.

300 Answer from Physical Science What is potential?

400 Question from Physical Science This term answers the question: ‘How much time does it take for an object to travel a certain distance?’, and is defined as the ratio: distance / time

400 Answer from Physical Science What is velocity or speed?

500 Question from Physical Science The type energy an object possesses due to its motion

500 Answer from Physical Science What is kinetic energy?

100 Question from Earth Science An ______ occurs when stored energy is released, and as a result this causes two neighboring blocks of land to shift or move.

100 Answer from Earth Science What is earthquake?

200 Question from Earth Science When a tsunami is generated, ocean waves are _____ near the shoreline than the the middle of the ocean because there is less of an area for the energy to transfer Hint: larger or smaller

200 Answer from Earth Science What is larger ?

300 Question from Earth Science Earthquakes, volcano eruptions and landslides can cause this type of natural disaster that is commonly seen in the Pacific Ocean

300 Answer from Earth Science What is a tsunami ?

400 Question from Earth Science This device is used to record motion detected from the ground, and is a useful tool to those who want to analyze earthquakes and tsunamis.

400 Answer from Earth Science What is a seismograph?

500 Question from Earth Science This is an area of the Pacific Ocean where A large number earthquakes and volcanic eruptions occur. This area is similar to the shape of a horseshoe.

500 Answer from Earth Science What is the Pacific Ring of Fire Or (ring of fire) ?

Final Jeopardy I want to be a ___________ Engineer

Final Jeopardy Answer What is __________ ????