Bridges
Highways
Wetlands/WTI
Field Trips
Hodgepodge
100
Name for the distance a bridge must cover
What is the span
100
The safety device attached to the end of a guard rail.
What is an attenuator?
100
Becoming a main component of traffic research in 2003, this is the study of the relationship between the roads and the environment.
What is road ecology.
100
The name of the fire near the gates of the mountains that took the lives of 13 men.
What is the Mann Gulch Fire
100
MSU is the only university to have this undergraduate , major where you would spend a lot of time in the sub zero lab.
What is snow science.
200
The name of the bridge deck to the top of the bridge
What is the super structure
200
The age you must be to obtain a CDL in Montana.
What is 18.
200
Two of the main environmental function of a wetland.
What is control flooding, and filter, preserve wildlife.
200
The name of the department or technique used to examine areal photos for surveying.
What is photogrammetry.
200
The 3 main ingredients of concrete.
What is water, sand, and gravel.
300
The force is the "pulling apart" of the material
What is tension?
300
The process is the biggest reason for the break down of bridge decks.
What is water mixing with salt/deicer.
300
The three things needed for something to be designated a wetland.
What is hydric soil, hydric plants, and water
300
At this magnitude, engineers of bridges and buildings would hope an earthquake would produce damage but no loss of life.
What is 6 magnitude.
300
The rate of what two ingredients determines the strength of concrete.
What is water to cement.
400
Name four kinds of bridges
What are beam, truss, arch, and suspension
400
The original purpose for the interstate system.
What is to move military equipment.
400
These two states started WTI.
What is California and Montana.
400
The total gas tax in Montana including state and federal taxes ROUNDED TO THE NEAREST CENT.
What is 46 cents.
400
The density of ice has to be to be considered glacial ice.
What is .85.
500
The kind of truck that bridges are designed to hold.
What is no specific kind of truck but an average of all of their loads?
500
The height a wildlife fence must be to keep deer off the road.
What is 8 feet?
500
WTI has this many disciplines in which they conduct research.
What is 8.
500
The temperature the samples from Antarctica are kept at in the sub zero lab to stop the rate of change.
What is 80 degree C
500
The wind speed buildings are designed for to withstand.
What is 90 MPH.