Periodic Table
The name of the element C on the periodic table
What is Carbon?
Name 3 common bridges
What are truss, lifting & swinging, cable-stayed, suspension, ect.? (can list others we've discussed)
The basic unit of matter
What is an atom?
A substance that is bitter in taste and a substance slippery in texture & an example of each
What are acids (ex: lemon) and bases (ex: soap)?
Free Points
Free Points
The name of the element K on the periodic table
What is Potassium?
Name the 3 structural parts of the bridge & their location
What are piers, abutments, & the deck/side support, middle supports, & horizontal platform?
The four states of matter
What are solid, liquid, gas, & plasma?
The products of our acid-base experiment
What are carbon dioxide, oxygen, and water? (must have all 3)
Name the 7 continents of the world
What are Asia, Anartica, Africa, North America, South America, Australia, & Europe?
The name of the element Pb on the periodic table
What is lead?
Define the 2 forms of load
What are live load: what is carried on the bridge and dead load: the weight of the bridge itself?
The physicist who determined the laws of motion
What is Isaac Newton?
The measure of how basic or how acidic a substance is
What is the pH scale?
Name the planets in our solar system
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, & Neptune
The name of the element H on the periodic table
What is Hydrogen?
The 3 three main forces exerted on bridges and their motions
What are tension, compression, & torsion/ pulling, pushing, & twisting?
An ice cube melting
What is a physical change?
the scientific name of the acid vinegar and the base baking soda
What are acetic acid and sodium bicarbonate?
The number of months, weeks, & days in a year
What are 12 months, 52 weeks, 365 days?
The name of the element O on the periodic table
What is Oxygen?
Bridges work by
What is balancing forces?
An object in motion stays in motion or an object at rest stays at rest unless acted upon by an outside force
What is Newton's first law?
The range considered acidic and the range considered basic on the pH scale
What is between 0-7 and between 7-14? ( must state which range is which)
The four main stages of the water cycle
What are evaporation, condensation, precipitation, & collection?