Terms
Miscellaneous
Characteristics of Materials
Best Design
Testing
100
A material used to stick or adhere. Examples are glue and tape.
What is an adhesive?
100
I am the color of your science books.
What is green?
100
I am not waterproof or strong. I tear easily and I am semi-flexible.
What is paper?
100
The adhesive that holds bricks together when building
What is mortar?
100
Giving two groups the same materials to test with.
What is a fair test?
200
A main horizontal piece of steel, wood or concrete used to support mass.
What is a beam?
200
I am the construction company you are working for.
What is 3MB Construction?
200
Cardboard, napkins, lined, colored, sand and toilet are all kinds of...
What is paper.
200
A square arch will not hold as much mass as this.
What is a round arch?
200
Marshmallows, puffed wheat and clay are useful for holding this together.
What are toothpicks.
300
The supporting base or lowest part of a structure often extending underground.
What is a foundation?
300
This is the number of marshmallows that should have been eaten during our experimenting.
What is none?
300
I am waterproof and strong. I am not flexible or translucent.
What is metal?
300
I am the strongest shape of pillar.
What is a cylinder shape?
300
I am the number of experiments you did in this unit of Science.
What is 8?
400
A structure using a series of triangular shapes to add strength.
What is a truss?
400
I am the name of this unit.
What is Testing Materials and Designs?
400
I am waterproof but only semi-strong. I am semi-flexible and often used as a coating for other materials.
What is plastic?
400
You would use me to join together pieces of wood to make a bird house.
What are nails?
400
The three type of beams we tested the strength of.
What are the accordian, rectangular and box girder beams.
500
The wedges or stones making up the sides of an arch structure.
What are voussoirs?
500
I am used in structures like a roof. Double points if you can draw me.
What is a truss?
500
I am waterproof and translucent. I am not flexible or strong.
What is glass?
500
To build roads across rivers and ravines the romans used these because the mass is distributed evenly.
What is a round arch?
500
I was able to secure straws to hold the most weight.
What are paper clips?
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