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Types of Bridges Worksheet

Engineering lesson 20: Types of bridges · Set 108 · 40 questions
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Engineer's tip (How does it hold up?): Beam: flat deck on supports, short spans; spans = length ÷ span length. Arch: curved, in compression, pushes out on its ends. Suspension: deck hangs from cables (tension) over towers (compression); longest spans.

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  1. 1.🌉 What holds up a long beam bridge in the middle? (a) balloons (b) cables only (c) nothing (d) piers
  2. 2.True or false: “good for short gaps” is a suspension bridge. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.True or false: “deck hangs from cables” is a beam bridge. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.Which of these is a suspension bridge? (a) stones squeezed together (b) a curve under the deck (c) a rope bridge in hills (d) a log across a stream
  5. 5.Which of these is an arch bridge? (a) a curve under the deck (b) a flat deck on piers (c) cables tied down at ends (d) a log across a stream
  6. 6.Which of these is a suspension bridge? (a) cables tied down at ends (b) stones squeezed together (c) pushes out on its ends (d) a flat deck on piers
  7. 7.Which of these is an arch bridge? (a) stones squeezed together (b) a log across a stream (c) the simplest bridge (d) a flat deck on piers
  8. 8.🌉 Which bridge type: “stones squeezed together”? (a) arch bridge (b) suspension bridge (c) beam bridge
  9. 9.🌉 In a suspension bridge, the main cables are in … (a) compression (b) tension (c) no force (d) friction
  10. 10.🌉 Which bridge type can cross the widest gap in one span? (a) suspension bridge (b) beam bridge (c) arch bridge (d) log bridge
  11. 11.Which of these is an arch bridge? (a) the longest spans of all (b) a flat deck on piers (c) deck hangs from cables (d) pushes out on its ends
  12. 12.Which of these is a suspension bridge? (a) good for short gaps (b) deck hangs from cables (c) a curve under the deck (d) stones squeezed together
  13. 13.Which of these is a beam bridge? (a) a log across a stream (b) pushes out on its ends (c) tall towers hold cables (d) cables tied down at ends
  14. 14.🌉 A beam bridge 400 m long rests on the two river banks and on piers in between, making equal spans of 40 m. How many piers are there?
  15. 15.🌉 Which bridge type: “good for short gaps”? (a) beam bridge (b) suspension bridge (c) arch bridge
  16. 16.Which of these is a beam bridge? (a) tall towers hold cables (b) stones squeezed together (c) a rope bridge in hills (d) a flat deck on piers
  17. 17.🌉 Which bridge type: “tall towers hold cables”? (a) arch bridge (b) suspension bridge (c) beam bridge
  18. 18.🌉 A beam bridge 420 m long is split by piers into 12 equal spans. How long is each span, in metres?
  19. 19.🌉 Which bridge type: “pushes out on its ends”? (a) beam bridge (b) suspension bridge (c) arch bridge
  20. 20.True or false: “pushes out on its ends” is an arch bridge. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.🌉 Which bridge type: “a log across a stream”? (a) arch bridge (b) beam bridge (c) suspension bridge
  22. 22.🌉 A beam bridge is 50 m long. Piers split it into equal spans of 25 m. How many spans are there?
  23. 23.🌉 A beam bridge 245 m long is split by piers into 7 equal spans. How long is each span, in metres?
  24. 24.True or false: “the simplest bridge” is an arch bridge. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.Which of these is a suspension bridge? (a) a flat deck on piers (b) tall towers hold cables (c) the simplest bridge (d) a curve under the deck
  26. 26.Which of these is a beam bridge? (a) tall towers hold cables (b) a curve under the deck (c) the simplest bridge (d) cables tied down at ends
  27. 27.True or false: “a flat deck on piers” is a beam bridge. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.🌉 A beam bridge 135 m long is split by piers into 3 equal spans. How long is each span, in metres?
  29. 29.🌉 Which bridge type: “a rope bridge in hills”? (a) arch bridge (b) beam bridge (c) suspension bridge
  30. 30.🌉 Which bridge type: “deck hangs from cables”? (a) arch bridge (b) beam bridge (c) suspension bridge
  31. 31.🌉 Which bridge type: “a flat deck on piers”? (a) beam bridge (b) arch bridge (c) suspension bridge
  32. 32.🌉 In a stone arch bridge, the stones are in … (a) compression (b) friction (c) no force (d) tension
  33. 33.🌉 Which bridge type: “cables tied down at ends”? (a) suspension bridge (b) arch bridge (c) beam bridge
  34. 34.True or false: “deck hangs from cables” is an arch bridge. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.🌉 A beam bridge is 200 m long. Piers split it into equal spans of 25 m. How many spans are there?
  36. 36.True or false: “deck hangs from cables” is a suspension bridge. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.🌉 Which bridge type: “the simplest bridge”? (a) suspension bridge (b) arch bridge (c) beam bridge
  38. 38.True or false: “good for short gaps” is an arch bridge. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: “the longest spans of all” is a suspension bridge. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🌉 Which bridge type: “the longest spans of all”? (a) suspension bridge (b) beam bridge (c) arch bridge

Answer key

  1. piers
  2. False
  3. False
  4. a rope bridge in hills
  5. a curve under the deck
  6. cables tied down at ends
  7. stones squeezed together
  8. arch bridge
  9. tension
  10. suspension bridge
  11. pushes out on its ends
  12. deck hangs from cables
  13. a log across a stream
  14. 9
  15. beam bridge
  16. a flat deck on piers
  17. suspension bridge
  18. 35
  19. arch bridge
  20. True
  21. beam bridge
  22. 2
  23. 35
  24. False
  25. tall towers hold cables
  26. the simplest bridge
  27. True
  28. 45
  29. suspension bridge
  30. suspension bridge
  31. beam bridge
  32. compression
  33. suspension bridge
  34. False
  35. 8
  36. True
  37. beam bridge
  38. False
  39. True
  40. suspension bridge

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