Introduction to Civil Engineering and Bridges | Structural Engineering | Flames and Fire Safety | Transportation Systems | Water Resources Engineering |
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What is civil engineering?
This is one of the 4 main branches of engineering that solves civilian (societal) problems by designing, constructing, and maintaining large projects all over the world
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What is a building, bridge, stadium, tunnel, rollercoaster, airplane?
These are 3 things that Structural Engineers might design
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What are stove, rockets, forest fires, bonfire, laboratory, fireplace?
These are three places we see flames.
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What is transportation?
This is the term for the movement of people, good, and services from one location to another
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What is precipitation?
This is the step of the water cycle where rain, snow, and hail fall to the ground from the clouds in the sky
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What is construction engineering?
This type of Civil Engineering plans and organizes construction projects from start to finish
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What are the pyramids in Egypt?
This is the name of one of the oldest structures in the world, built about 4500 years ago with limestone blocks as a temple to honor Pharaohs
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What is hollow?
This is what the inside of a flame looks like.
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What are (walking, running, biking, rollerblading, skateboarding)?
Name two examples of human-powered transportation
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What is a rain garden?
This is the landscaping that is designed to trap, filter, and absorb runoff water (Hint: _____ garden)
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What is environmental engineering?
This type of Civil Engineering keeps the environment safe from harmful chemicals and waste so humans have safe and livable air, water, and land
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What is a triangle?
When building a truss for a bridge structure, this is the strongest shape for the beam supports
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What are heat and light?
These are 2 things that fire emits from the flame
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What is a Roadway/Highway system?
This is the name of the transportation system that cars can use to drive from one end of the United States to the other
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What is 75%?
This percentage of the Earth is covered in water
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What is transportation engineering?
This type of Civil Engineering designs and improves all the ways that we can travel between cities, states, countries, and continents? (Hint: Think of another word like “travel”)
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What is France?
The tallest bridge in the world is located in this country (Hint: It is taller than the Eiffel Tower and also in the same country)
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What are Fuel (wax), Heat source/ignition (fire), and Oxygen (air)?
Name 3 things that a flame needs to start and keep burning (Hint: think of the 3 parts of a burning candle – wax, fire, air)
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What are (Airplanes, terminals, gates, runways, control tower, arrival/departure board, service desk, baggage claim)?
List 3 parts of an airport
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What is wastewater?
This is discarded water that has been contaminated by human use
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What is geotechnical engineering?
This type of Civil Engineering tests the soil that we build projects on top of to make sure it is stable enough (Hint 1: Think about a prefix for “Earth”, Hint 2: ___technical specializes in Earthwork)
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What is the safety of society or creating a stable structure for safety?
This is the reason that structural engineers need to spend so much time on the design and analysis of a structure
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What is the volume of the gases produced is less than the volume of air that was there at the beginning causing suction?
During the flame demonstration where the lit candle was placed in a pan of water with a jar over the candle, this is why the water level rose around the candle as the air burned
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What is buoyancy?
This is the term that describes why boats float on top of water.
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What is clean water and fertilizer from biosolids?
These are 2 byproducts of a wastewater treatment plant (Hint: One product helps to hydrate us, and farmers use the other solid product in their fields to help crops grow)
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