Key terms
This is the pushing or pulling force exerted on an object.
External Force
What dome-shaped homes are used in arctic climates that allow for lots of internal space?
igloos
The skull protects our brain and is the hardest bone in our body, when a body gets a concussion, the brain has been _________ against the skull.
Compressed
This simple type of bridge is just a beam laid across two supports.
What is a beam bridge
What is a margin of safety
A protocol are is put in place to help make necessary tasks as safe as possible.
A framework of beams that are joined together
In snowy climates, what does the roof of a home look like?
Sloped, or many peaks for snow to melt and slide off. The snow would be too heavy to sit on the roof.
The spinal column is a flexible structure that protects our spinal cord and allows us to bend and twist. What kind of joint would this be considered?
Flexible
This type of bridge uses a curved structure to support the weight of the bridge and its load.
Arch
What margin of safety would help this task?
The floor just got mopped.
Slippery when wet sign
What is Corrugation?
is the process of forming a material into wave-like ridges or folds
In what type of climate would a flat roofline be an effective structure?
Warm and dry
These structures connect our muscles to our bones and allow us to move. Flexible structure.
Tendons
This bridge type uses a series of triangular units to distribute the load.
What is a truss bridge?
What margin of safety would help this task?
A round merge overpass
Speed limit
A solid structure is
Made from a solid piece or combination of pieces together.
Why do different cultures have different styles of buildings?
Because of climate and what they find to be aesthetic.
Our skeleton is considered what type of structure?
Frame
Bridges are like towers but horizontally. A force that acts on all structures is?
Gravity
What margin of safety would help this task?
Boat needs to stay afloat?
Weight restriction?
This is the force that resists the relative motion of solid surfaces, fluid layers, and material elements sliding against each other.
Friction
Some buildings are built so they look the same on both sides, this term is called?
Symmetry
The skin is what type of structure?
shell.
A suspension bridge uses pillars and cables that help distribute the weight/ load. What is under tension and what is under compression?
Pillars = compression
Cables = tension
What margin of safety would help this task?
The plane can't take off and is grounded.
Weather restrictions.