Types of engineering
Civil engineering
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Focuses on the design, construction, and maintenance of infrastructure like roads, bridges, buildings, water systems, and dams
What is civil engineering
100
What is civil engineering?
Civil engineering is the field of designing, building, and maintaining things we use everyday, like roads, bridges, and buildings
100
The strongest shape in the world.
What is a triangle?
100
The tall parts of the suspension bridge. Usually there are two of them.
What are the towers?
100
The type of bridge you built today
What is a beam bridge?
200
Involves the design, development, and testing of mechanical systems, such as engines, machinery, and tools
What is mechanical engineering
200
Why are civil engineers important?
Civil engineers ensure cities and communities are safe and clean to live in and easy to get around
200
Type of building material usually used to build truss bridges.
What is wood or metal?
200
What is a suspension bridge?
200
Type of stone bridges you might see in parks or ancient structures.
What is an arch bridge?
300
What type of engineering focuses on systems that harness and control electrical energy and signals?
What is electrical engineering
300
This is a strategy that civil engineers use to make sure their structures are stable.
What is a wide base
300
These are the simplest bridges! They’re made of a flat beam, like a board or plank, supported at each end.
What is a beam bridge?
300
In a suspension bridge, the cable exerts this type of force.
What is tension?
300
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This rolling bridge in London is for what type of traffic?
What is foot traffic or pedestrians?
400
What field of engineering is concerned with the design and operation of vehicles that travel through air and space?
What is aerospace engineering
400
Engineers use these detailed drawings before construction begins.
What are blueprints?
400
These bridges are shaped like an arch and can support a lot of weight by spreading it out.
What is an arch bridge?
400
Bridges that hang from large cables attached to tall towers. They can stretch over very long distances.
What is a suspension bridge?
400
This famous bridge in London is a bascule bridge.
What is the Tower of London Bridge?
500
This engineering branch focuses on the management of water resources, including designing systems for water distribution and wastewater treatment.
What is environmental engineering
500
If a bridge bends too much when cars drive across it, engineers say it has too much ______.
What is deflection?
500
Type of shrinking force that plays a crucial role in the design and functionality of arch bridges
What is compression?
500
San Francisco, California
500
A drawbridge in a castle usually goes over this type of waterway.
What is a moat?