Category A
Something with a definite size, shape, and purpose, and can hold a load
What is a structure?
A push or a pull.
What is a force?
This is something used to make an object or structure.
What is a material?
This describes how well a structure can support a load.
What is strength?
This is the tallest structure in Canada.
What is the CN Tower?
The shape, size, and materials of a structure.
What is the form?
A weight or force acting on a structure.
What is a load?
This rod or bar helps resist pressure, like a tent pole.
What is a strut?
The ability to balance and stay fixed in one spot.
What is stability?
This building in Paris, France, was the tallest in the world when it was built in 1889.
What is the Eiffel Tower?
What a structure is used for.
What is the function?
This shape helps make a structure stronger and more stable.
What is a triangle?
This beam or wire supports a structure with tension, like a tent cord.
This word describes a material's ability to bend without breaking.
What is flexibility?
This ancient structure was built in Egypt over 4000 years ago.
What is the Great Pyramid of Giza?
What is a natural structure?
A force where something is squished down or pressed together.
What is compression?
This force is when something is pulled apart or stretched.
What is tension?
These can be found in human communities and are created by humans.
What are built structures?
This elaborate building in India is actually a tomb for the wife of an Emperor.
What is the Taj Mahal?
A material's ability to not break and resist damage.
What is durability?
A structure that supports something, like a human.
What is a skeleton?
This hard structure protects things, like a snail or a turtle.
What is a shell?
This person designs or builds structures.
What is an engineer?
This tower in Italy is famous for tilting to one side.
What is the Leaning Tower of Pisa?