ETL Quickchecks

The Health and Happiness Petal emphasizes ensuring good indoor _______ quality and natural _______ to promote the well-being of occupants.

 

Air, Daylighting

Look at the picture of a room with lots of windows and plants. How does this room help with the Health and Happiness Petal?

It provides good light and clean air.

Look at the picture of a rooftop garden. Why is having a garden on a building important for the Place Petal?

It helps grow food and supports nature.

A key requirement of the Materials Petal is avoiding materials that are harmful to your _______, and negative environmental impacts, while promoting _______ in material sourcing.

health, transparency

Look at the picture of a building with a ramp and wide doors. How does this design help with the Equity Petal?

It ensures everyone can access the building.

Question: The Place Petal encourages buildings to promote sustainable land use and _______ by ensuring site selection avoids ecologically sensitive areas, incorporating _______ agriculture, and supporting _______ exchange.

Word Bank: habitat, regeneration, urban, conservation, suburban, water, growth, local, resource, renewal, community, biodiversity

 

regeneration, urban, habitat

Look at the picture of a rainwater collection system. How does this system help with the Water Petal?

It collects rainwater to be used in the building.

Look at the picture of a beautifully designed building with artwork and plants.  How does this design help with the Beauty Petal?

It makes the building fun to look at and inspiring.

Look at the picture of different building materials like wood, metal, and recycled plastic. Why is choosing safe materials important for the Materials Petal?

It ensures the materials are safe and environmentally friendly.

The Equity Petal focuses on ensuring _______ access and promoting _______ equity in the construction and operation of buildings.

universal, social

The Beauty Petal in the Living Building Challenge emphasizes: A) The building’s compliance with local aesthetic standards. B) Creating spaces that are not only functional but also beautiful and inspiring. C) Using the latest architectural trends. D) Ensuring all building materials are sustainably sourced.

Creating spaces that are not only functional but also beautiful and inspiring.

The Equity Petal in the Living Building Challenge primarily focuses on: 

Ensuring universal access and promoting social equity.

The Beauty Petal aims to create spaces that are not only _______ and sustainable but also _______ and inspiring.

functional, beautiful

Which of the following is NOT a requirement of the Place Petal in the Living Building Challenge?

The building must produce more energy than it consumes.

What aspect of building design is emphasized by the Health and Happiness Petal?

Ensuring good indoor air quality and natural daylighting.

Which strategy is essential for meeting the Energy Petal requirements?

Achieving net-positive energy by generating more energy than the building consumes.

The primary goal of the Water Petal is to create a _______ water system where all water is _______ and treated on-site.

net-positive, captured

What is the primary goal of the Water Petal in the Living Building Challenge?

To create a net-positive water system where all water is captured and treated on-site.

Why are these solar panels important for the Energy Petal?

They generate electricity from the sun.

What is a key requirement of the Materials Petal in the Living Building Challenge?

Avoiding materials with harmful health and environmental impacts

To meet the requirements of the Energy Petal, buildings must achieve _______ energy by generating _______ energy than they consume.

net-positive, more

The independent variable is placed on the y axis.

False

The dependent variable is placed on the ______ axis on a graph.

y

As the diameter of a circle increases the circumference will?

increase

The independent variable is placed on  the ________ axis on a graph.

x

As the circumference of a circle decreases the diameter will?

decrease

The independent variable is the variable that is manipulated in an experiment.

true

What term is used to describe the mathematical relationship between circumference and diameter of a circle?

 

Directly proportional

The dependent variable is the variable that is manipulated in an experiment.

false

Three types of basic bridges are:

Beam, Arch and Suspension

 What is the name for the entire length of a bridge?

Span

The part of the bridge used for transportation.  It could be for vehicles or for walking.

deck

An individual length of material made of wood or metal.  These are connected to form trusses.

member

What are the two ends of a bridge (the bank) that support its weight?

abutment

In this bridge, the cables run directly from the roadway up to a tower, forming a unique "A" shape

Cable-stayed

What types of bridge is this?

Arch

what bridge

arch

The distance between two bridge supports, whether they are columns, towers or the wall of a canyon is called: 

Span

What type of bridge is this?

truss

These forces pull on members in the trusses.

tension

what bridge

beam

What type of bridge is this?

beam

Structures that hold up a bridge and run vertically to the ground.

piers

what bridge

suspension

These forces push on ends of members in a truss.

compression

A rigid frame composed of short, straight pieces joined to form a series of triangles or other stable shapes is called a:

truss

Friction is caused by

irregula

this swimmer has to overcome

fluid fricition

There is friction when two objects are not in contact.

false

This type of friction works against gravity to keep this girl floating through the air?

fluid

Which direction does Friction act?

opposite

Friction is most often experienced when

when two objects are in contact

Friction can be explained as.

Two rough surfaces rubbing together

What type of friction works against the soccer player as he kicks the soccer ball?

rolling

What type of friction is keeping this box from moving down the sloped incline?

static

If you push on a heavy object with a small force it will not slide. Friction will prevent it from sliding.

true

Which type of friction is making it hard for this guy to move this box?

sliding

There is friction when two objects are not in contact.

false

Archimedes' Principle states that... 

The buoyant force acting on an object equals the weight (force of gravity) of the fluid displaced by the object.

An empty water bottle floating on the water is an example of....

positive buoyancy

Which of the following is a true statement?

A beachball has positive buoyancy in water.

Hot air is less dense than cold air

true

Water is the only fluid that can provide buoyancy.

false

density is

mass per unit volume of a substance

If two objects are made of the same substance and have the same mass, the shape of the object determines whether or not it sinks or floats in a fluid (hint: think of foil boats).

rtrue

Which box has a greater density? Remember the equation for density is

A

What happens when you heat a gas?

increase in volume

How could you make plastic sink and steel float?

Change the shape and therefore surface area.

A hot air balloon is said to have positive buoyancy when:

buoyant force is greater than the force of gravity causing the hot air balloon accelerate up.

If this substance takes up 6ml of space, what is its mass?

6 grams

True or False: Buoyancy is an upwards force measured in Newtons. 

true

Which graph correctly represents the relationship between mass and volume of an object with constant density?

A

Which of the following statements is TRUE?

All of the above.

You should NEVER touch the tip of the hot glue gun, even if you think it is off.

All of the above.

Touching the glue after it has been applied can still burn your skin.

Hot glue guns can lead to serious burns if not used properly

True or False

When the hot glue gun no longer produces glue, place a new glue stick in the back so that it is touching the existing glue stick. 

true

Before using the hot glue gun you should:

place a gluing mat underneath the glue gun

Jose is hot gluing two pieces of cardboard together. Once he applies the glue, he realizes he put too much so he uses his finger to "smooth out" the excess glue. 

 

Jose touched the glue once it was applied, therefore burning his finger.

How should you properly put away the hot glue gun? (Select all that apply)

 

Wrap the power cord around the trigger and place it in the bin.

 

Unplug it and allow it to cool for 5 minutes.

Captain Marvel is at rest in space when she throws an asteroid that has more mass than she does. Captain Marvel moves faster than the asteroid after the throw. Which had a greater force acting it?

force is same on each

The force that accelerates a rocket into outer space is exerted on the rocket by

exhaust gas

A player catches a ball. Consider the action force to be the impact of the ball against the player's glove. What is the reaction to this force?

 

The force the glove exerts on the ball.

A force is exerted on the tires of a car to accelerate the car along the road. What is the force accelerating the car?

road

When you jump off a step, you usually bend your knees as you reach the ground. By doing this, the time of the impact is about 10 times more what it would be in a stiff-legged landing, and the average force on your body is reduced by

about 10 times

A player hits a ball with a bat. The action force is the impact of the bat against the ball. What is the reaction to this force?

force of the ball against the bat

Forces always occur

in pairs

A small economy car (low mass) and a limousine (high mass) are pushed from rest across a parking lot, equal distances with equal forces. The car that receives the greater impulse is the (hint: impulse = force x time = mass x change in velocity)

limousine

The force exerted on a rocket causing it to accelerate up during the launch is:

exhaust gases

An unfortunate bug splatters against the windshield of a moving car. Compared to the force on the car, the force on the bug is

 

the same.

The reason padded dashboards are used in cars is that they

 

increase the time of impact in a collision.

A high school student hits a nail with a hammer. During the collision, there is a force

 

on the nail and also on the hammer.

An unfortunate bug splatters against the windshield of a moving car. Compared to the force of the car on the bug, the force of the bug on the car is

the same

The force of an apple hitting the ground depends upon

the speed of the apple just before it hits.

 

the time of impact with the ground.

 

whether or not the apple bounces.

 

all of the above

A person is attracted towards the center of Earth by a 440-N gravitational force. The force with which Earth is attracted toward the person is

440 N

A table tennis ball launcher fires a ball. Compared to the impulse on the ball, the impulse on the launcher is (hint: think Newton's third law and impulse = force  x time)

the same

A rocket is able to accelerate in the vacuum of space when it fires its engines. The force that propels the rocket is the force

 

of the exhaust gases on the rocket.

Suppose a girl is standing on a pond where there is no friction between her and the ice. In order to get off the ice, she can

 

throw something in the direction opposite to the way she wants to go.

 

A horse pulls on a wagon that is at rest. According to Newton's third law, the wagon will pull on the horse with the same force but in the opposite direction. So will the horse ever be able to get the wagon to move?

 

Yes, because there are other forces acting on the wagon.

A woman weighing 550 N sits on the floor. She exerts a force on the floor of

550 N

Bronco the skydiver falls toward Earth. The gravitational attraction of Earth on Bronco pulls him down. The reaction to this force is

Bronco pulling earth up

Whenever an object exerts a force on another object, the second object exerts a force of the same magnitude, but in the opposite direction to that of the first object.

always true

If a bowling pin has an impulse imparted onto it:

it is accelerating.

 

there is a force acting on it.

 

its velocity is changing.

 

all of the above