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Types of Bridges Worksheet

Engineering lesson 20: Types of bridges · Set 14 · 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 bridge type: “pushes out on its ends”? (a) suspension bridge (b) arch bridge (c) beam bridge
  2. 2.🌉 Which bridge type: “the simplest bridge”? (a) suspension bridge (b) arch bridge (c) beam bridge
  3. 3.Which of these is a beam bridge? (a) deck hangs from cables (b) pushes out on its ends (c) a curve under the deck (d) good for short gaps
  4. 4.Which of these is a suspension bridge? (a) a flat deck on piers (b) a curve under the deck (c) tall towers hold cables (d) the simplest bridge
  5. 5.True or false: “good for short gaps” is a beam bridge. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.True or false: “tall towers hold cables” is a suspension bridge. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.🌉 A beam bridge is 40 m long. Piers split it into equal spans of 20 m. How many spans are there?
  8. 8.Which of these is a suspension bridge? (a) cables tied down at ends (b) a log across a stream (c) good for short gaps (d) pushes out on its ends
  9. 9.🌉 A beam bridge 100 m long is split by piers into 5 equal spans. How long is each span, in metres?
  10. 10.🌉 Which bridge type: “a rope bridge in hills”? (a) arch bridge (b) beam bridge (c) suspension bridge
  11. 11.Which of these is an arch bridge? (a) a rope bridge in hills (b) the simplest bridge (c) a log across a stream (d) stones squeezed together
  12. 12.Which of these is a suspension bridge? (a) a log across a stream (b) the simplest bridge (c) good for short gaps (d) the longest spans of all
  13. 13.True or false: “a flat deck on piers” is an arch bridge. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.Which of these is a beam bridge? (a) the longest spans of all (b) deck hangs from cables (c) pushes out on its ends (d) a flat deck on piers
  15. 15.🌉 Which bridge type: “good for short gaps”? (a) beam bridge (b) arch bridge (c) suspension bridge
  16. 16.🌉 A beam bridge 90 m long is split by piers into 6 equal spans. How long is each span, in metres?
  17. 17.🌉 Which bridge type can cross the widest gap in one span? (a) log bridge (b) arch bridge (c) beam bridge (d) suspension bridge
  18. 18.🌉 Which bridge type: “tall towers hold cables”? (a) suspension bridge (b) beam bridge (c) arch bridge
  19. 19.True or false: “a flat deck on piers” is a suspension bridge. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.🌉 What holds up a long beam bridge in the middle? (a) piers (b) balloons (c) cables only (d) nothing
  21. 21.🌉 Which bridge type: “cables tied down at ends”? (a) arch bridge (b) suspension bridge (c) beam bridge
  22. 22.Which of these is a beam bridge? (a) pushes out on its ends (b) the simplest bridge (c) cables tied down at ends (d) stones squeezed together
  23. 23.🌉 A beam bridge is 105 m long. Piers split it into equal spans of 35 m. How many spans are there?
  24. 24.🌉 A beam bridge 270 m long is split by piers into 6 equal spans. How long is each span, in metres?
  25. 25.True or false: “good for short gaps” is a suspension bridge. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.🌉 A beam bridge 300 m long is split by piers into 10 equal spans. How long is each span, in metres?
  27. 27.Which of these is an arch bridge? (a) the simplest bridge (b) cables tied down at ends (c) a curve under the deck (d) a rope bridge in hills
  28. 28.Which of these is an arch bridge? (a) a flat deck on piers (b) the longest spans of all (c) pushes out on its ends (d) deck hangs from cables
  29. 29.🌉 Which bridge type: “the longest spans of all”? (a) beam bridge (b) suspension bridge (c) arch bridge
  30. 30.🌉 A beam bridge 40 m long rests on the two river banks and on piers in between, making equal spans of 10 m. How many piers are there?
  31. 31.🌉 In a stone arch bridge, the stones are in … (a) tension (b) no force (c) friction (d) compression
  32. 32.🌉 Which bridge type: “a flat deck on piers”? (a) suspension bridge (b) arch bridge (c) beam bridge
  33. 33.🌉 Which bridge type: “a log across a stream”? (a) arch bridge (b) beam bridge (c) suspension bridge
  34. 34.True or false: “a curve under the deck” is a beam bridge. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.🌉 Which bridge type: “a curve under the deck”? (a) arch bridge (b) suspension bridge (c) beam bridge
  36. 36.🌉 A beam bridge is 60 m long. Piers split it into equal spans of 20 m. How many spans are there?
  37. 37.True or false: “tall towers hold cables” is a beam bridge. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: “stones squeezed together” is an arch bridge. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🌉 A beam bridge 30 m long is split by piers into 2 equal spans. How long is each span, in metres?
  40. 40.True or false: “stones squeezed together” is a suspension bridge. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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