PLTW CEA EOC Review - Semester Exam Questions And Answers Graded A+

The maximum compressive stress a material can withstand without failure. - Compression Strength A solid, hard material produced by combining Portland cement, aggregates, sand, water and sometimes additional mixtures. - Concrete The difference between the indoor temperature in winter and the outdoor design temperature in winter. The design temperature differential or design range is used in calculating the space heating requirements of a dwelling unit under the engineering-based methodology. - Design Temperature Differential The finish board covering the edges of rafters and eaves. - Fascia The lowest, widest part of the foundation that distributes the load over a broad area of the soil. - Footing The lower part of a building, which transfers structural loads from the building to the soil. - Foundation The energy needed to warm outside air leaking into a building through cracks around doors, windows, and other areas. - Heat Loss Energy radiated or transmitted as rays or waves, in the form of particles. - Radiant Heat Member of a roof structural frame that supports the sheathing and other roof loads. - Rafter Steel bar used to reinforce concrete. - RebarThe numerical value used to indicate the resistance to the flow of heat. - R-Value The plate placed at the bottom of a wall. - Sole Plate In roofing, 100 square feet of roofing material. - Square (Quantity of Shingles) The maximum stress a material subjected to a stretching load can withstand without tearing. - Tensile Strength The process of heat transfer through a solid by transmitting kinetic energy from one molecule to the next. - Thermal Conduction Heat transmission by the circulation of a liquid or a heated gas or air. - Thermal Convection Heat loss/gain resulting from the conduction of heat through the building envelope. - Transmission Load A measure of the heat transmission through a building part (as a wall or window) or a given thickness of a material (as insulation) with lower numbers indicating better insulating properties. - U-Factor the quality of an objects that deals with art, beauty, and taste - Aesthetics a curved structure for spanning an opening, designed to support a vertical load primarily by axial compression - Arch an individual trained in the art and science of designing and constructing buildings - Architect the pleasing or harmonious arrangement or proportion of parts or elements in a design or composition - Balancesolid walls that provide support for each other and for the roof of a structure - Bearing Walls an engineer trained in the design and construction of public works, such as bridges or dams, and other large facilities - Civil Engineering aspect of the appearance of objects and light sources that may be described in terms of hue, lightness, and saturation - Color a visual principle associated with change made in size, shape, color, or tone of graphic elements - Contrast Rules that describe how designers might put together various design elements to create an aesthetic finished product - Design Principles an arrangement of several arches whose bases form a circle and whose tops meet in the center - Dome a basic visual component or building block of designed objects - Element of Design stress or prominence given to an element in a composition by means of contrast, anomaly, or counterpoint - Emphasis exterior face of a building - Facade the shape and structure of something as distinguished from its substance or material - Form a wedge shaped stone placed in the crown of an arch - Keystone The edge or contour of a shape - Linea beam supporting the weight above a door or window opening - Lintel effect or illusion of motion converted by the relationship of structural elements in a design or composition - Movement an artistic or decorative design, especially one having a characteristic arrangement and considered as a unit - Pattern wall construction utilizing a framework of vertical posts and horizontal beams to carry floor and roof loads - Post and Lintel Construction a principle where some graphic elements are repeated throughout the entire design - Repetition movement characterized by a patterned repetition or alteration of formal elements or motifs in the some modified form - Rhythm