egg drop

Chinese restaurant soup

Egg drop names two unrelated things.

An egg drop is a science competition where students design protective containers to prevent raw eggs from breaking when dropped from a height: My daughter's egg drop project survived a three-story fall.

Egg drop soup is a Chinese soup made by stirring beaten eggs into hot broth, creating silky ribbons: We started with egg drop soup and spring rolls.

physics

terminal velocity

Maximum speed during freefall

impact · air resistance · drag · trajectory · momentum · kinetic energy · force · mass · parachute · collision

soup

broth

Clear simmered meat liquid

ribbons · silken · cornstarch · scallions · sesame oil · hot and sour · comfort food · appetizer · ladled · streaming

competition

STEM

Four-discipline academic grouping

prototype · construction · materials · creativity · constraints · teamwork · problem-solving · testing · winner · rules

Categories
Opposites
soup style/type

egg dropwonton

Stuffed Chinese pasta pocket

miso · hot and sour · cream of mushroom · tom yum · pho

broth clarity

egg dropcream of mushroom

Blended fungus soup

clam chowder · bisque · cream of chicken · corn chowder · potato soup

soup complexity

egg dropbouillabaisse

Marseille fish and shellfish stew

cioppino · gumbo · beef stew · chicken noodle · pozole

Family

drop, egg, dropped, drops, eggs, dropping, eggshell, droplet, egged

Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G