Vocabulary
Levers
Structures
Natural Structures
100
A supporting framework that is made to hold a load.
What is a STRUCTURE?
100
When a lever is equal on both sides it is said to be this.
What is BALANCED?
100
A way to make a building more stable.
What is .....
100
A structure that is in the natural world.
What is a beaver dam, an anthill, etc.
200
The weight or force that is moved.
What is the LOAD?
200
When the fulcrum is moved closer to the load it makes the effort this.
What is EASIER?
200
Another way to make a building more stable.
What is .....
200
An example of a man-made structure.
What is a shopping mall, a playground, a car, etc.
300
A structure or object that shows steadiness, firmness.
What is STABILITY?
300
The point of a lever that doesn't move.
What is the FULCRUM?
300
A shape that can be used to make structures stronger.
What is a triangle?
300
A way that a shopping plaza impacts the environment.
What is displaces plants, changes water runoff, etc.?
400
A part of a structure that keeps it from collapsing.
What is a STRUT?
400
A situation where you could use a lever.
What is .......
400
A famous building that uses triangles in it to make it stronger.
What is the Eiffel tower?
400
Materials that bird nests are made of.
What is sticks, string, grass, mud, etc.?
500
A part of a structure that keeps it from separating.
What is a TIE?
500
What a lever helps to do.
What is move or lift a load.
500
An example of a natural structure.
What is an anthill, a beaver dam, a nest, etc.?
500
A part of a car that makes it strong and stable.
What is the chassis?
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