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PLTW CEA Key Terms: 2.3 Study Guide
with Complete Solutions
Berm - Answer✔️✔️-A horizontal ledge cut between the foot and top of an
embankment to stabilize the slope by intercepting sliding earth.
Building Code - Answer✔️✔️-Legal requirements designed to protect the
public by providing guidelines for structural, electrical, plumbing, and
mechanical areas of a structure.
Building Envelope - Answer✔️✔️-The portion of a building that encloses the
treated environment, including the walls, ceiling or roof, and floor.
Circuit - Answer✔️✔️-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 - Answer✔️✔️-An electric safety switch that automatically
opens a circuit when excessive amperage occurs.
Cleanout - Answer✔️✔️-A fitting with a removable plug that is placed in
plumbing drainage pipe lines to allow access for cleaning out the pipe.
Coniferous - Answer✔️✔️-Cone-bearing trees with year-round leaves that
are long, thin, and needle-like.
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Construction Type - Answer✔️✔️-Five broad categories of construction
found in the International Building Code that are based on the fire-resistive
capabilities of the materials used.
Deciduous - Answer✔️✔️-Broad-leafed trees that seasonally shed their
leaves.
Distribution Panel - Answer✔️✔️-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.
Drain - Answer✔️✔️-Any pipe that carries wastewater or water-borne
wastes in a building drainage system.
Drainage - Answer✔️✔️-Removal of groundwater or surface water, or of
water from structures, by gravity or pumping.
Drainage Fixture Unit - Answer✔️✔️-A measure of the probable discharge
into the drainage system by various types of plumbing fixtures.
Drainage System - Answer✔️✔️-Piping within a building that conveys
sewage, rainwater, or other liquid wastes to a point of disposal.
Ducts - Answer✔️✔️-Pipes, typically made of sheet metal, used to conduct
hot or cold air in the HVAC system.
Easement - Answer✔️✔️-A limited right to make use of a property owned by
another.
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PLTW CEA Key Terms: 2.3 Study Guide
with Complete Solutions
Berm - Answer✔️✔️-A horizontal ledge cut between the foot and top of an
embankment to stabilize the slope by intercepting sliding earth.
Building Code - Answer✔️✔️-Legal requirements designed to protect the
public by providing guidelines for structural, electrical, plumbing, and
mechanical areas of a structure.
Building Envelope - Answer✔️✔️-The portion of a building that encloses the
treated environment, including the walls, ceiling or roof, and floor.
Circuit - Answer✔️✔️-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 - Answer✔️✔️-An electric safety switch that automatically
opens a circuit when excessive amperage occurs.
Cleanout - Answer✔️✔️-A fitting with a removable plug that is placed in
plumbing drainage pipe lines to allow access for cleaning out the pipe.
Coniferous - Answer✔️✔️-Cone-bearing trees with year-round leaves that
are long, thin, and needle-like.
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, ©SOPHIABENNET@2024/2025 Monday, August 19, 2024 10:32 PM
Construction Type - Answer✔️✔️-Five broad categories of construction
found in the International Building Code that are based on the fire-resistive
capabilities of the materials used.
Deciduous - Answer✔️✔️-Broad-leafed trees that seasonally shed their
leaves.
Distribution Panel - Answer✔️✔️-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.
Drain - Answer✔️✔️-Any pipe that carries wastewater or water-borne
wastes in a building drainage system.
Drainage - Answer✔️✔️-Removal of groundwater or surface water, or of
water from structures, by gravity or pumping.
Drainage Fixture Unit - Answer✔️✔️-A measure of the probable discharge
into the drainage system by various types of plumbing fixtures.
Drainage System - Answer✔️✔️-Piping within a building that conveys
sewage, rainwater, or other liquid wastes to a point of disposal.
Ducts - Answer✔️✔️-Pipes, typically made of sheet metal, used to conduct
hot or cold air in the HVAC system.
Easement - Answer✔️✔️-A limited right to make use of a property owned by
another.
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