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Types of Bridges Worksheet

Engineering lesson 20: Types of bridges · Set 112 · 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.Which of these is a suspension bridge? (a) a flat deck on piers (b) a rope bridge in hills (c) pushes out on its ends (d) stones squeezed together
  2. 2.🌉 Which bridge type: “pushes out on its ends”? (a) arch bridge (b) suspension bridge (c) beam bridge
  3. 3.True or false: “a log across a stream” is an arch bridge. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.🌉 A beam bridge 150 m long rests on the two river banks and on piers in between, making equal spans of 50 m. How many piers are there?
  5. 5.🌉 What holds up a long beam bridge in the middle? (a) balloons (b) piers (c) nothing (d) cables only
  6. 6.🌉 Which bridge type: “deck hangs from cables”? (a) suspension bridge (b) beam bridge (c) arch bridge
  7. 7.🌉 Which bridge type: “the simplest bridge”? (a) beam bridge (b) arch bridge (c) suspension bridge
  8. 8.Which of these is an arch bridge? (a) tall towers hold cables (b) cables tied down at ends (c) a flat deck on piers (d) stones squeezed together
  9. 9.🌉 In a suspension bridge, the main cables are in … (a) tension (b) friction (c) compression (d) no force
  10. 10.🌉 Which bridge type: “tall towers hold cables”? (a) arch bridge (b) beam bridge (c) suspension bridge
  11. 11.🌉 In a stone arch bridge, the stones are in … (a) friction (b) tension (c) no force (d) compression
  12. 12.🌉 Which bridge type: “a curve under the deck”? (a) beam bridge (b) suspension bridge (c) arch bridge
  13. 13.🌉 A beam bridge 250 m long is split by piers into 10 equal spans. How long is each span, in metres?
  14. 14.🌉 Which bridge type: “a log across a stream”? (a) suspension bridge (b) beam bridge (c) arch bridge
  15. 15.True or false: “tall towers hold cables” is a suspension bridge. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.True or false: “pushes out on its ends” is a beam bridge. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.True or false: “good for short gaps” is an arch bridge. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.True or false: “stones squeezed together” is an arch bridge. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.🌉 A beam bridge 40 m long rests on the two river banks and on piers in between, making equal spans of 20 m. How many piers are there?
  20. 20.🌉 A beam bridge is 135 m long. Piers split it into equal spans of 15 m. How many spans are there?
  21. 21.🌉 Which bridge type can cross the widest gap in one span? (a) arch bridge (b) beam bridge (c) log bridge (d) suspension bridge
  22. 22.Which of these is an arch bridge? (a) the longest spans of all (b) pushes out on its ends (c) a flat deck on piers (d) tall towers hold cables
  23. 23.True or false: “the longest spans of all” is a suspension bridge. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.Which of these is an arch bridge? (a) a flat deck on piers (b) a curve under the deck (c) a log across a stream (d) cables tied down at ends
  25. 25.Which of these is a suspension bridge? (a) a log across a stream (b) the simplest bridge (c) a curve under the deck (d) the longest spans of all
  26. 26.🌉 Which bridge type: “stones squeezed together”? (a) beam bridge (b) suspension bridge (c) arch bridge
  27. 27.Which of these is a beam bridge? (a) pushes out on its ends (b) a flat deck on piers (c) deck hangs from cables (d) a rope bridge in hills
  28. 28.Which of these is a beam bridge? (a) cables tied down at ends (b) a log across a stream (c) a curve under the deck (d) deck hangs from cables
  29. 29.🌉 A beam bridge is 80 m long. Piers split it into equal spans of 10 m. How many spans are there?
  30. 30.Which of these is a suspension bridge? (a) a curve under the deck (b) a flat deck on piers (c) stones squeezed together (d) cables tied down at ends
  31. 31.Which of these is a beam bridge? (a) tall towers hold cables (b) a curve under the deck (c) the simplest bridge (d) pushes out on its ends
  32. 32.🌉 Which bridge type: “a rope bridge in hills”? (a) suspension bridge (b) arch bridge (c) beam bridge
  33. 33.🌉 A beam bridge 135 m long rests on the two river banks and on piers in between, making equal spans of 15 m. How many piers are there?
  34. 34.True or false: “cables tied down at ends” is a suspension bridge. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.True or false: “stones squeezed together” is a beam bridge. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.True or false: “deck hangs from cables” is a beam bridge. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.True or false: “pushes out on its ends” is an arch bridge. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.🌉 Which bridge type: “a flat deck on piers”? (a) arch bridge (b) beam bridge (c) suspension bridge
  39. 39.Which of these is a beam bridge? (a) good for short gaps (b) pushes out on its ends (c) cables tied down at ends (d) a curve under the deck
  40. 40.True or false: “good for short gaps” is a beam bridge. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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