CEA Unit 2 words

A horizontal ledge cut between the foot and top of an embankment to stabilize the slope by intercepting sliding earth.

• Building Code

• Drain

• Berm

• Circuit Breaker

Legal requirements designed to protect the public by providing guidelines for structural, electrical, plumbing, and mechanical areas of a structure.

• Building Code

• Distribution Panel

• Cleanout

• Circuit

The portion of a building that encloses the treated environment, including the walls, ceiling or roof, and floor.

• Building Code

• Drainage Fixture Unit

• Egress

• Building Envelope

The various conductors, connections, and devices found along the path of electric flow from the source through the components and back to the source.

• Circuit Breaker

• Drainage

• Circuit

• Building Code

An electric safety switch that automatically opens a circuit when excessive amperage occurs.

• Circuit

• Circuit Breaker

• Berm

• Ducts

A fitting with a removable plug that is placed in plumbing drainage pipe lines to allow access for cleaning out the pipe.

• Berm

• Drain

• Building Envelope

• Cleanout

Cone-bearing trees with year-round leaves that are long, thin, and needle-like

• Decides

• Berm

• Drainage Fixture Unit

• Coniferous

Five broad categories of construction found in the International Building Code that are based on the fire-resistive capabilities of the materials used.

• Building Code

• Building Envelope

• Construction Type

• Distribution Panel

Broad-leafed trees that seasonally shed their leaves.

• Decidous

• Egress

• Electric Meter

• Drain

A box in which the wires from the meter are connected to individual circuit breakers, which are connected to separate circuits for distribution to various locations throughout the building.

• Distribution Panel

• Electric Meter

• Drainage system

• Drainage Fixture Unit