The structural elements of a building

Black cloth blinds can be used to keep the light out of a room ie. Cloth is………………

• Vapour

• Opaque

• Transparent

• Corrosion resist

A ………… is a structural member which is supported at one or more points along its length

• slab

• roof

• beam

• wall

A ………….. is made up of various types of structural elements such as beams, girders, trusses, columns, slabs, walls, rigid frames, roofs, arches, vaults and domes.

• building

• door

• reinforced concrete

• upstair

A ………….. is a structural member which is mainly subject to axial compression.

• reinforced concrete

• gable roof

• building

• column

Water ………………… can pass through stone but not through bitumen. Stone is permeable but bitumen is impermeable.

• Vapour

• Transparent

• opaque

• permeable

Glass is …………………. But wood is opaque

• Vapour

• Transparent

• opaque

• permeable

Cast iron was widely used at one time for columns and for short beams such as …………….

• Vapour

• Transparent

• Lintels

• reinforce concrete

A building may be ……………. on the basic of the function of the wall.

• classing

• to class

• class

• classified

Frame is a …………… in which columns and beams are joined together.

• structure

• structural

• struction

• structured

Reinforced concrete construction may be used for nearly all ………………. of buildings such as : apartment houses, hotels, office buildings

• type

• types

• typed

• to class