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WorksheetsHand and Power Tools - Measuring Tools - Levels
Total questions: 14
Worksheet time: 10mins
What does the measuring tool called a LEVEL do?
Tells you how far from one floor to the next.
Tells you if you have mastered the video game you play
Measures "Level" and "Plumb". Shows you a bubble in "spirits" that is centered between 2 lines when you are perfectly horizontal, or perfectly vertical (plumb).
Tells you the distance across a flat surface.
Level is...
Perfectly Horizontal
How deep your pool is
A tool that measures perfect vertical, and perfect horizontal
What floor of the hotel you are staying on
Common uses for a level are:
Hanging a TV
Building houses from scratch
Plumbing fence posts
Hanging artwork
What angle would be exactly between perfectly vertical and perfectly horizontal?
90 degrees
0 degrees
An average of 0 and 90 degrees
45 degrees
Do some levels have a bubble that measures for perfect 45 degree angles?
yes
yes
yes
yes
A level used for...
...plumbing the walls of your house, making all the other work needed to complete your house easier.
...checking your TV after you have mounted it on the wall
...checking your fastener placement before drilling into the wall to ensure a quality result.
drawing a straight line onto something.
A water level is...
...how deep your pool is.
...the ocean on a perfectly calm day.
...a tool that measures how deep water is.
...a tool for transferring the level (or height) of something from one place to another.
A tool that has a section of hose or tubing filled with water, and a clear section at each end for viewing the water level "equilibrium" point.
Super soaker for carpenters!
Water balance
Pointless tool
Water level
When installing siding around a house, a way NCCER recommends for leveling around an obstruction (like a door or electrical panel) is to use a water level. This is not my favorite idea, but out of respect, if NCCER asks, that is the one to use.
True
False
True
False
Which of these are power tools:
Spirit level, Auto level, water level, Line level
Line level
Water level
Auto level
Spirit level
Which of these are hand tools:
Spirit level
Auto level
Water level
Line level
A line level is...
... very small
...hangs on a string line
...not always accurate
All of the above
An "auto level" is...
A level for making sure cars do not squat (this is for trucks only!)
Popular and common according to NCCER for certain tasks.
Easy to use because it almost automatically sets itself up
Can be used for building layout, such as squaring corners.
Refresher from the "Core" class:
In construction square means...
90 degrees
a two dimensional shape with 4 sides of equal length
not cool. "That teacher is so square dude"
you do not owe me, I do not owe you. "We are all square"
