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Types of Bridges Worksheet

Engineering lesson 20: Types of bridges · Set 135 · 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.True or false: “the simplest bridge” is a suspension bridge. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.🌉 Which bridge type: “pushes out on its ends”? (a) beam bridge (b) suspension bridge (c) arch bridge
  3. 3.🌉 A beam bridge 80 m long is split by piers into 8 equal spans. How long is each span, in metres?
  4. 4.True or false: “a flat deck on piers” is a suspension bridge. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.🌉 A beam bridge is 90 m long. Piers split it into equal spans of 15 m. How many spans are there?
  6. 6.True or false: “a rope bridge in hills” is a suspension bridge. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.🌉 Which bridge type can cross the widest gap in one span? (a) arch bridge (b) suspension bridge (c) log bridge (d) beam bridge
  8. 8.Which of these is an arch bridge? (a) good for short gaps (b) cables tied down at ends (c) tall towers hold cables (d) a curve under the deck
  9. 9.🌉 A beam bridge 200 m long is split by piers into 8 equal spans. How long is each span, in metres?
  10. 10.🌉 A beam bridge is 70 m long. Piers split it into equal spans of 10 m. How many spans are there?
  11. 11.🌉 Which bridge type: “good for short gaps”? (a) beam bridge (b) suspension bridge (c) arch bridge
  12. 12.True or false: “stones squeezed together” is a beam bridge. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.True or false: “a flat deck on piers” is a beam bridge. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.True or false: “deck hangs from cables” is an arch bridge. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.🌉 Which bridge type: “cables tied down at ends”? (a) beam bridge (b) suspension bridge (c) arch bridge
  16. 16.🌉 A beam bridge 315 m long rests on the two river banks and on piers in between, making equal spans of 45 m. How many piers are there?
  17. 17.🌉 Which bridge type: “the simplest bridge”? (a) arch bridge (b) suspension bridge (c) beam bridge
  18. 18.🌉 Which bridge type: “a curve under the deck”? (a) beam bridge (b) arch bridge (c) suspension bridge
  19. 19.🌉 Which bridge type: “a rope bridge in hills”? (a) beam bridge (b) suspension bridge (c) arch bridge
  20. 20.🌉 Which bridge type: “stones squeezed together”? (a) suspension bridge (b) beam bridge (c) arch bridge
  21. 21.True or false: “a curve under the deck” is an arch bridge. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.True or false: “a log across a stream” is a suspension bridge. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.🌉 What holds up a long beam bridge in the middle? (a) cables only (b) balloons (c) nothing (d) piers
  24. 24.True or false: “pushes out on its ends” is a suspension bridge. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.🌉 Which bridge type: “a flat deck on piers”? (a) beam bridge (b) arch bridge (c) suspension bridge
  26. 26.Which of these is a beam bridge? (a) tall towers hold cables (b) cables tied down at ends (c) a curve under the deck (d) a log across a stream
  27. 27.Which of these is a beam bridge? (a) tall towers hold cables (b) deck hangs from cables (c) a flat deck on piers (d) pushes out on its ends
  28. 28.🌉 A beam bridge is 75 m long. Piers split it into equal spans of 15 m. How many spans are there?
  29. 29.🌉 A beam bridge is 90 m long. Piers split it into equal spans of 45 m. How many spans are there?
  30. 30.🌉 Which bridge type: “a log across a stream”? (a) arch bridge (b) suspension bridge (c) beam bridge
  31. 31.🌉 Which bridge type: “tall towers hold cables”? (a) arch bridge (b) suspension bridge (c) beam bridge
  32. 32.🌉 In a stone arch bridge, the stones are in … (a) tension (b) compression (c) no force (d) friction
  33. 33.Which of these is an arch bridge? (a) tall towers hold cables (b) pushes out on its ends (c) a rope bridge in hills (d) good for short gaps
  34. 34.🌉 Which bridge type: “deck hangs from cables”? (a) suspension bridge (b) beam bridge (c) arch bridge
  35. 35.Which of these is a suspension bridge? (a) a curve under the deck (b) pushes out on its ends (c) deck hangs from cables (d) the simplest bridge
  36. 36.🌉 A beam bridge is 100 m long. Piers split it into equal spans of 50 m. How many spans are there?
  37. 37.True or false: “cables tied down at ends” is a suspension bridge. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.Which of these is a beam bridge? (a) a curve under the deck (b) pushes out on its ends (c) the longest spans of all (d) the simplest bridge
  39. 39.True or false: “the simplest bridge” is a beam bridge. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🌉 A beam bridge 540 m long rests on the two river banks and on piers in between, making equal spans of 45 m. How many piers are there?

Answer key

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

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