Xeriscape Principles

1. Reviewing the material about Xeriscape, list the seven fundamental Xeriscape areas that must be considered when designing a landscape.
-The seven fundamentals are plan and design, create practical turf areas, select and group plants appropriately, improve the soil, mulch, efficient irrigation, maintain the landscape.

2. Describe/define what the term “Xeriscape” means. (http://www.xeriscape.org/).
-Xeriscape is a combinations of 7 common sense gardening principles that save water while creating a lush and colorful landscape.

5. What part does shade play in water resource management and human comfort?
-Shade plays a part in water resource management and human comfort by allowing water to stay in the ground and not evaporate, and the people will enjoy the shade on a hot sunny day.

6. How can it be incorporated into landscape design efficiently?
-Shade can be incorporated into landscape design efficiently by placing trees where you will need the shade.

7. When is it appropriate to provide shade and when is it not appropriate?
-It is appropriate to provide shade when your plants need shade and it is not appropriate on a cold windy day.

8. Using the same website as in Question 3, list the criteria that should be followed when selecting plant material for a site.
-Select plants based on their adaptability to your regions climate and soil.

10. In your journal, list appropriate plant material for your site’s geographical area that addresses plant groupings, requirements, sizing, and species selection.
-Tropical plants will not survive long at all in our environment, but most other plants will.

Questions 4.6.2

1. Determine the following information about the PLTW firehouse plan:

· What is the diameter of the existing water main?
-6 inches

· What is the diameter of the proposed water service?
-8 inches

· What is the elevation of the top of the hydrant?
-301.79 feet

· What diameter pipe is used for the building’s sanitary sewer line?
-6 inches

· Where is the gas meter to be located?
-The gas meter is to be located in the southern part of the building in the middle.

· What is the spot elevation in the front left-hand corner of the building?
-300 feet

2. Why do you think red is the color used to depict electricity?
-The color red is seen as a sign of heat or dnager in most cases.

Parking Lot

Vocab 4.4

Arterial- A major through route; arterial often provide direct service between cities and large towns.

Egress- A way out or exit, an exit ramp on an interstate

Benchmark- A surveyor's mark on a permanent object of predetermined position and elevation used as a reference point

Feeder- A smaller road that flows into a larger road

Tangent Line- The tangent line (or tangent)is a curve at a given point is the straight line that touches the curve at that point

Curve Length (L) - The length of a curve between objects or around an obstacle

Delta Angle- The change in angle of a curve

Point of Intersection (P.I.)- Intersection of roads

Sight Distance- Length of the roadway ahead visible to the driver

Vertical Curve- A transition between two elevations

Driveway- A driveway is a type of private road for local access to one or a small group of structures

Ingress- Entering, an on ramp on an interstate

Point of Tangency- Point at which a tangent line intersects a curve

Transit Line- A line providing public transit

Cut and Fill- The process of earth grading by excavating part of a higher area and using the material to fill in an adjacent lower area

Essential Questions 4.4

1. In what ways do engineers use design to control traffic differently on an arterial opposed to a feeder street?
-The profile layout will be more accurate and you will find the exact height of the hill.

2. What are some of the factors you would have to consider if you were asked to design a new parking lot for your local library?
-The road will have to be expanded so more cars can use it and go at higher speeeds.

3. How would the design of ingress or egress change if a building were to be used as a day care center instead of a senior center?
-How many people go through the building along with the ADA guidelines for aisle width.