Bridge Building and Structural Engineering Post-Test

The force of squeezing a material together is...

• compression

• tension

• torsion

• bending

The forces that pulls a material apart is...

• compression

• tension

• torsion

• shear

The force that twists materials is...

• tension

• torsion

• compression

• shear

The force that cause parts of a material to slide past one another in opposite directions is...

• compression

• torsion

• tension

• shear

Forces that act upon a structure are known as...

• loads

• compressions

• winds

• rain

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NGSS.MS-PS2-1

NGSS.MS-PS2-2

Which of the following are examples of a live load?

• cars

• trucks

• trains

• trusses

Which of the following are examples of dead loads?

• cars

• people

• the weight of the bridge and all its parts

• trucks

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

True or false: temperature can cause a bridge to shrink and expand.

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

Which of the following is considered to be the strongest bridge building material?

• concrete

• steel

• wood

• reinforced concrete

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NGSS.MS-ETS1-2

Which shape is considered to be the strongest for construction?

• rectangles

• arches

• triangles

• parallelograms