FACULTY OF ENGINEERING Civil Engineering &

CIVIL, Bio, Cont, ELTE, MENG Introduction to civil engineering

DEPARTMEN Sheet (4)

Answer the following questions:

1) What is the importance of the material science?

2) What are the main properties of materials? Define each of them.

3) Chemical changes can turn substances into other substances. The ability of a substance to go through a
chemical change is called...........

A. Evaporation

B. Physical properties

C. Combustibility

D. Reactivity

E. Condensation

4) What is the weight of one meter length of reinforced steel bar with 13 mm in diameter, if its density is
7.85 gm/cm3?

a) 1.041 kg

b) 2.80 kg

c) 630 t

d) None of the above is correct.

5) In an experiment to determine the density of a metal block, the following results were obtained:

length of block = 5 cm ,width of block = 2 cm

height of block = 3 cm

mass of block = 135 g

What is the density of the metal?

6) Explain the different types of loads.

7) Define the following properties in your own words; put each of them in right properties table:

-Elasticity – density - plasticity – Ductility – Brittleness – specific heat – mass of substance – strength –
burning – crystalline structure – reactivity.