Architecture & Construction

A horizontal support that attaches to columns within frames is a what?

• Column

• Beam

• Support

• Roof

 A solid rock found deep underground below the dirt and soil; the foundation is usually built on top of this rock

• bedrock

• parent material

• Earth

• Dirt

A vertical support within the frame is a _____

• Column

• Roof

• Steel frame

• Bedrock

When material is removed from the ground by digging

• Clear Out

• Remove

• Excavate

• Landscape

the outer walls of a building made from glass or stone that rest on the frame; also called a curtain wall. It’s typically the most important and prettiest.

• Excavate

• Concrete

• Bricks

• Facade

The lowest part of a building- may be underground is the _____

• bedrock

• foundation

• dirt

• concrete slab

Concrete that is made stronger by adding steel rods or wires that also protects the steel from changes in temperature due to fire or weather is called _______________  ________________.

• foundation

• reinforced concrete

• concrete

• steel

The ___________ _______________ is a system of columns and beams that carries the weight and load of a building.

• building

• Skeleton Frame

• foundation

• concrete slab

A strong metal made from a mixture (alloy) of iron and carbon that can be shaped into columns and beams is _______________.

• Steel

• Iron

• Carbon Dixoide

• Concrete

the force that attracts a body toward the center of the earth, or toward any other physical body having mass.

• movement

• gravity

• jumping

• dancing