Chapter 5 Test Study Guide

Review the following terms and concepts to help you prepare for the chapter 5 test.

Please make use of your classroom notes, the textbook, as well as your completed worksheets from your package.

Remember, this test only covers section 5.1 in the textbook.

□  arch

□  beam

□  box beam

□  cantilever

□  centre of gravity

□  column

□  corrugated cardboard

□  corrugated metal

□  ergonomics

□  failure

□  fatigue

□  girder

□  I-beam

□  product recall

□  stability

□  truss

□  structural components

□  structural failure

□  structural fatigue

□  structural stress

1. What are the strongest structural shapes? (p. 131)

2. Become familiar with the 8 structural components on page 132.

3. Review how to determine the centre of gravity of a structure.

4. What makes a structure stable? (p. 133-134) and review the package worksheets.

5. Review product recalls. (p. 136)