Semester Exam Structures and Gliders

A large long piece of wood or other material used as a support in withstanding a force.

• dead load

• beam

• flexible

Tags

NGSS.MS-ETS1-4

The pushing together force

• compression

• live load

• friction

A permanent force that can support its own weight.

• gravity

• compression

• dead load

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

Bending and snapping back readily without breaking

• flexible

• lamination

• reinforce

Anything that pushes or pulls on a structure

• beam

• force

• rigid

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-1

NGSS.MS-PS2-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-5

Force exerted by a surface as an object moves across it or makes an effort to move across it

• friction

• span

• resist

The force that pulls objects toward earth

• shear

• specification

• gravity

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

NGSS.MS-PS2-5

Adding another beam with glue to reinforce a weak spot

• lamination

• tension

• live load

Tags

NGSS.MS-ETS1-1

Are forces acting along the same line?

• friction

• tension

• linear forces

Is a changing, non-permanent force acting on a structure. Can include the force of wind acting on objects.

• live load

• stress

• dead load

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-2