MIT
Review for Final
Know the differences between
Renewable and Nonrenewable
sources of generating electricity.
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Coal
Solar
Water
Wind
Nuclear
Gas
Nonrenewable
Renewable
Renewable
Renewable
Nonrenewable
Nonrenewable
Know the Basic types of
Electrical Circuits
• Series
• Parallel
From Photography
• What served as the ‘APETURE’ on the
pinhole camera ?
• Why is a photographic negative called a
negative?
• Why are we able to use a safelight when
developing the pinhole camera pictures?
Photography Continued
• Why is the shutter ‘delayed’ when taking a
picture with a digital camera?
• Know some of the different processes used
to fix photographic mistakes with a
software such as Photo Impact.
From Bridge Building
• Tensile strength
• Compression strength
From Bridge building
• What is the SPAN of
a bridge?
What Is C.A.D. ?
Computer Aided Design
Or
Computer Aided Drafting
Common Orthographic Views
TOP
Front
Right
X axis and Y axis
Y
X
Know Common Commands
• To draw a line
• L or line
• To draw a parallel
line
• Offset
• To make a line longer
• Extend
• To cut off extra parts
of a line or polyline
• trim
What is the advantage of Double
glazed windows over Single
Glazed?
The ‘dead air’ space between the
panes of glass is a poor conductor of
heat.
Elastic Materials
• All materials have
some elasticity to
them. Some just more
than others.
• Ability to bend and
recover before
breaking.
Pneumatics
• Calculate the force applied by a cylinder
for a given pressure
• F=area of piston x PSI
Pneumatics
• Know difference between a single and
double acting cylinder
Pneumatics
• Difference between a 3 way valve and a 5
way valve.
Mousetrap Cars
How was the potential energy of the spring
transferred to the wheels?
How to Calculate a Gear Ratio
• Number of Teeth on one gear divided by
the Number of teeth on the other
• Or diameter of one pulley divided by the
diameter of the other.
Calculate the mechanical advantage
of a pulley system
• Number of string supporting the load, not
counting the last length
Audio
• How is sound
measured?
• An amplifier applied
electrical energy to
the ____ to move the
_____ in order to
make sound
• Decibels
• Voice coil
• Speaker cone
History/Timeline
Wind Turbines
• How to calculate Wattage
Amps * Volts = Watts
• What Variables did we tests in our designs
Pitch, length, Quantity, distance and direction
• What did we use to test the turbines output
Multimeter
• What is ‘Pitch’