Types of Shelters

1.What Is a Duplex House?

• When a house is constructed with two stories, it is considered a duplex.
• The rooms in a duplex are divided into two floors as per the choice and comfortability.
• The floors are interconnected with each other by stairs.

2.What Is a Cottage? How Is It Different From Huts?

• Both cottage houses and huts are seen chiefly in villages or the countryside.
• But both differ in terms of needs, the number of rooms and construction materials.

3.Many Forts Used to Have Been Surrounded by a Moat and Many Bastions in the Walls. Why?

• In the old days, the kings built forts to defend the territory and protect the people of their kingdom.
• The moats were the deep trenches around the forts that were usually filled with water which was used to keep enemy troops away from the main wall.
• The bastions in the fort walls were excellent places to keep the canons and garrison, the troops with bows and arrows or rifles as they were built, keeping a good angle for view.

4.Why Do Honeybees Make Beehive Cells Only in Hexagonal Shape?

• The hexagonal shape ensures better and more efficient use of space.
• Moreover, less bee wax is used to make this shape.
• Hence this saves the effort of the worker bees and saves the beeswax.