Marriage, Chips and Robots: teacher key

How Cars Are Made, grade 6 edition, written for 6th grade. Dive into a car plant: design time, marriage, Ford's line, paint, robots and chips.

Read the book. Print this page for the key.

Questions and answers

What does marriage mean in a car factory?
- A paint color
- Joining the body with the engine, axles and other parts (answer)
- A party for workers
How long can a new car model take from first sketch to the factory line?
- One day
- One week
- About three years or more (answer)
What did the first Unimate robot do?
- Unloaded hot castings from a press (answer)
- Painted doors
- Drove cars
What happened in 2021?
- All cars turned black
- A chip shortage made carmakers stop work (answer)
- Robots quit
Why does a car's paint come in layers with different jobs?
- Each layer has a job, like color or protection (answer)
- To make cars heavy
- To hide the engine
How many cars are recycled in the US in a year?
- Over 12 million (answer)
- About 12
- About 700