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Write out the following questions and insert the correct answers.

1) An architectural structure is a free-standing, [moveable-fixed] outdoor construction.

2) Tension is the size of the [pulling-pushing] force exerted by a string, cable, chain.

3) Compression is the size of the [pulling-pushing] force.

4)  A strut is a structural component designed to resist  [compression-tension]

5)  A tie is a structural component designed to resist  [compression-tension]

6) In engineering, buckling is characterised by a sudden failure of a structural member subjected to high [compressive-tensile] stresses

7) Toppling is when a structure falls over because it is [top-bottom] heavy

8) A column in structural engineering is a component that transmits, through [tension-compression], the weight of the structure above.

9)  A triangle is a very [strong-weak] structural form.

10)  A guy-wire or guy-rope is a [tensioned-compressed] cable designed to add stability to structures

Drum ropes in

tension

Buckling

Compression

Plane struts

Tent ties

Toppling dominoes

Traditional column

Eiffel tower-made of triangulations