Quiz2

Question 1

Estuary

Answer 1

The part of a river that is affected by tides OR The region near a river mouth which the fresh water of the river mixes with the salt water of the sea

Question 2

Diffusion

Answer 2

The natural movement of particles that occurs when there is an imbalance in concentration

Question 3

Blueprint

Answer 3

A photographic print of plans, technical drawings, etc.

Question 4

Slab

Answer 4

A type of foundation for buildings consisting of a concrete platform

Question 5

Illuminate

Answer 5

To make something visable or bright by shining a light on it OR To become lit or start to shine

Question 6

Dilute

Answer 6

The act of making thinner or more liquid

Question 7

Conductivity

Answer 7

The property of allowing heat or electricity to go through something, or the degree to which a substance allows this

Question 8

Thermal

Answer 8

Related to heat

Question 9

Thermal conductivity

Answer 9

A materials ability to transfer heat specifically through it self

Question 10

Plethora

Answer 10

A very large amount or number OR An amount that is much greater than what is necessary

Question 11

Optimal

Answer 11

Best OR Most suitable

Question 12

Ultimate

Answer 12

Last, final OR Most extreme

Question 13

Penultimate

Answer 13

Second to last in a series OR Last but one

Question 14

Antepenultimate

Answer 14

Last but two, third last

Question 15

Circumference

Answer 15

The measurement around a circular of spherical object

Question 16

Girth

Answer 16

The measurement around a threedimensional object

Question 17

Longshore

Answer 17

Parallel to and near the shoreline

Question 18

Weld

Answer 18

To melt separate pieces of metal or thermoplastic to join them together

Question 19

Resistivity

Answer 19

Electrical resistance of a conductor of unit cross-sectional area and unit length

Question 20

Agile

Answer 20

Able to deal with new situations or changes quickly and successfully

Question 21

Employer

Answer 21

A person, company or organization that hires people for work

Question 22

Employee

Answer 22

Someone who works in a particular workplace OR Someone who is paid to work for someone else

Question 23

Redundancy

Answer 23

A siatuation in which someone has to leave their job because they are no longer needed

Question 24

Load bearing

Answer 24

Serving the purpose of maintaining the integrity of a construction

Question 25

Hack

Answer 25

The act of attempting to break a system apart in its smaller parts, understand it fully and find its weaknesses, this often also oncludes an attempt to overtake a computer system

Question 26

Synergy

Answer 26

Combined action or functioning of two or more elements that results in more than the sum of effect of the elements

Question 27

Trajectory

Answer 27

The path followed by a projectile flying or an object moving under the action of given forces

Question 28

Minutes

Answer 28

An official written record of what is said and decided at a meeting

Question 29

Occasionally

Answer 29

Sometimes, but nog regularly and not often OR Once in a while

Question 30

Call it a day

Answer 30

To decide to stop working, especially bevause you have done enough or you are tired

Question 31

Either...or...

Answer 31

Correlative conjunction used to state two or more possibilities

Question 32

Neither...or...

Answer 32

Correlative conjunction ysed to state two or more things that are not true

Question 33

Works (zero plural)

Answer 33

A building or group of buildings in which goods are produced in large quantities or an industrial process happens OR An old fashined word for factory OR The activity involved in doing something on a large scale

Question 34

Shop floor

Answer 34

The area in a factory where the ordinary workers do their work OR The ordinary workers in a factory, not the managers

Question 35

Race condition

Answer 35

The output or result is dependent on the timing or sequence of other uncontrollable events

Question 36

Yield

Answer 36

To give OR To give way to pressure

Question 37

Yield point / yield strength

Answer 37

The stress beyond which a material becomes plastic OR the maximum stress possible in a material without plastic deformation occurring OR The magnitude of the stress at chich the transistion from elastic to plastic behavior occurs

Question 38

Floor plan

Answer 38

A technical drawing of the shape of a room or building as seen from above

Question 39

Externality

Answer 39

Economic term which describes either a benifit or a cost to a third party not included in a certain economic activity

Question 40

Thermal conduction

Answer 40

The transmission of heat or energy within a body