multiple choice
Wild Card! The following are NBA teams in America except:
a) Lakers
b) Warriors
c) Chiefs
C
The shape closely related to trussed structures is a ______.
Triangle
Name an example of a natural structure.
Many acceptable answers
The Eiffel Tower is a good example of a trabeated structure.
False, the Eiffel Tower is a trussed structure.
a) false
b) artificial
c) natural
B
Wild Card! Name at least three of the official languages of Spain.
Spanish, Catalan, Galician, and Basque
Name an example of an artificial or man-made structure
Many acceptable answers
True
The tallest building in the world is the:
a) White House
b) Eiffel Tower
c) Burj Khalifa
C
Tension, as a type of stress, often tends to _____ an object.
stretch
Wild Card! Name one movie nominated for an Oscar this year.
Many acceptable answers
Cars and planes are geodesic structures.
False, they are laminar structures.
A force is...
a) an influence that can deform a body or change its movement
b) something that breaks something else
c) always moving
A
A bridge often uses ______, which are thick ropes, to hold itself in place.
Cables
Shearing is a type of stress that does what to an object?
It normally cuts the object
Wild Card! St. Patrick´s day is a holiday in America that celebrates Scottish culture.
False, it celebrates Irish culture
The following are examples of stress except:
a) action
b) compression
c) tension
A
Give one function of a structure.
Give shape, withstand force, protection, create space, raise an object, etc.
A lintel is a horizontal beam placed on top of vertical supports.
True