The Shanghai Tower Documentary

Where is the Shanghai Tower located?

• Japan

• China

• India

How many stories tall is the Shanghai Tower?

• 128

• 150

• 228

True or False: The Shanghai Tower is the tallest skyscraper in the world.

• true

• false

The biggest challenge that the engineers faced when building the tower was the strong ​ (a)   . The engineers built the tower with a unique ​ (b)   so that it could hold up during typhoon season.

• winds
• twist

The Shanghai Tower was built in an area that was prone to 2 natural disasters:

• earthquakes and typhoons

• tornados and tsunamis

• blizzards and hurricanes

Another problem that the engineers faced was the soil that the tower would be built on. The soil was...

• very rocky and difficult to drill down into.

• was very soft and silty since it was near the river.

• impossible to build in since it was so hard.

What did the engineers use to get materials to the top floors as they continued to build up?

• cement trucks

• a mega crane

• a helicopter

How do engineers test their skyscraper designs?

• They conduct an earthquake simulator test on a scale model.

• First, they create a smaller scale model so they can test it.

• They place the smaller model in a wind tunnel simulator to test against high winds.

• All of these are correct.

What do they place in between the concrete to reinforce it to make it extra strong?

• rebar

• toothpicks

• rice

What shape (at the very top of the Shanghai Tower) did the architects finally decide on?

• circle

• oval

• rectangle

• trapezoid