Civil Engineering
Science and Scientists
Heteronyms
Engineering History
100
The main ingredients of concrete are cement, water, aggregate, and this.
What is sand
100
This alias of Walter White's uncertainty principle says a particle's position & momentum can't be known simultaneously.
Who is Werner Heisenberg
100
Since there is no time like the _____, I thought it was time to _____ the _____.
What is present
100
Hydraulic engineering was highly developed in Europe by this empire Empire where it was especially applied to the construction of aqueducts to supply water to and remove sewage from their cities
What is roman
200
This water treatment method leaves no residue in the water due to use of light instead of chemical disinfectants.
What is UV disinfection
200
At an elevation of about 63,000 ft. and normal body temperature, blood will do this
What is boil
200
A seamstress and a _____ fell down into a _____ line.
What is sewer.
200
In the USA, highway engineering became an important discipline with the passing of this act in 1944, which aimed to connect 90% of cities with a population of 50,000 or more.
What is the Federal-Aid Highway Act
300
This structural engineering theory was first applied on a large scale with the development of the Eiffel Tower and the Ferris wheel.
What is Euler–Bernoulli beam theory
300
These are the two men credited with independently inventing the calculus.
Who are Isaac Newton and Gottfried Leibniz
300
I ___ to the ____ being presented as evidence.
What is object
300
The history of structural engineering dates back to at least 2700 BC when the step pyramid for Pharaoh Djoser was built by this man, the first engineer in history known by name. He is also the mummy in The Mummy
Who is Imhotep
400
On the 2013 ASCE report card, this category received our nation's highest mark of B-.
What is solid waste
400
Discovered on the sun before it was found on Earth, this gas makes up about 1/4 of the sun's mass
What is helium
400
The bandage was _____around the _____.
What is wound
400
The term engineer dates back to 1325, when an engine’er (literally, one who operates an engine) originally referred to a constructor of this type of engine
What is military
500
This is when a primary structural element fails, resulting in the failure of adjoining structural elements, which in turn cause further structural failure.
What is progressive collapse
500
Many German scientists were brought to America after World War II, including this chief designer of the Saturn V.
Who is Wernher von Braun
500
After a _____ of injections my jaw got _____.
What is number
500
Founded in New York City on November 5 of this year, The American Society of Civil Engineers and Architects was the first national engineering society created in the United States. In 1869 the "Architects" was dropped from the name.
What is 1852
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