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Types of Bridges Worksheet

Engineering lesson 20: Types of bridges · Set 149 · 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: “a rope bridge in hills” is a suspension bridge. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.🌉 Which bridge type: “cables tied down at ends”? (a) suspension bridge (b) beam bridge (c) arch bridge
  3. 3.🌉 A beam bridge is 140 m long. Piers split it into equal spans of 35 m. How many spans are there?
  4. 4.🌉 What holds up a long beam bridge in the middle? (a) piers (b) cables only (c) nothing (d) balloons
  5. 5.🌉 A beam bridge 600 m long rests on the two river banks and on piers in between, making equal spans of 50 m. How many piers are there?
  6. 6.Which of these is a beam bridge? (a) a curve under the deck (b) stones squeezed together (c) a flat deck on piers (d) tall towers hold cables
  7. 7.Which of these is a suspension bridge? (a) good for short gaps (b) a log across a stream (c) a rope bridge in hills (d) stones squeezed together
  8. 8.True or false: “a curve under the deck” is a beam bridge. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.True or false: “tall towers hold cables” is a suspension bridge. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.🌉 In a stone arch bridge, the stones are in … (a) friction (b) tension (c) compression (d) no force
  11. 11.Which of these is a beam bridge? (a) the longest spans of all (b) pushes out on its ends (c) a log across a stream (d) cables tied down at ends
  12. 12.Which of these is a beam bridge? (a) the longest spans of all (b) a rope bridge in hills (c) tall towers hold cables (d) the simplest bridge
  13. 13.🌉 A beam bridge is 70 m long. Piers split it into equal spans of 10 m. How many spans are there?
  14. 14.🌉 Which bridge type: “stones squeezed together”? (a) arch bridge (b) beam bridge (c) suspension bridge
  15. 15.🌉 A beam bridge 225 m long is split by piers into 5 equal spans. How long is each span, in metres?
  16. 16.🌉 Which bridge type: “good for short gaps”? (a) beam bridge (b) arch bridge (c) suspension bridge
  17. 17.🌉 Which bridge type can cross the widest gap in one span? (a) arch bridge (b) log bridge (c) beam bridge (d) suspension bridge
  18. 18.Which of these is an arch bridge? (a) a log across a stream (b) a curve under the deck (c) good for short gaps (d) a flat deck on piers
  19. 19.🌉 A beam bridge 60 m long is split by piers into 6 equal spans. How long is each span, in metres?
  20. 20.🌉 In a suspension bridge, the main cables are in … (a) compression (b) no force (c) tension (d) friction
  21. 21.Which of these is an arch bridge? (a) a flat deck on piers (b) the simplest bridge (c) a log across a stream (d) stones squeezed together
  22. 22.🌉 A beam bridge 360 m long rests on the two river banks and on piers in between, making equal spans of 40 m. How many piers are there?
  23. 23.🌉 Which bridge type: “a flat deck on piers”? (a) suspension bridge (b) arch bridge (c) beam bridge
  24. 24.🌉 Which bridge type: “the longest spans of all”? (a) arch bridge (b) beam bridge (c) suspension bridge
  25. 25.🌉 A beam bridge 315 m long is split by piers into 9 equal spans. How long is each span, in metres?
  26. 26.🌉 A beam bridge 330 m long rests on the two river banks and on piers in between, making equal spans of 30 m. How many piers are there?
  27. 27.True or false: “a curve under the deck” is a suspension bridge. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.True or false: “a flat deck on piers” is an arch bridge. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.True or false: “the longest spans of all” is an arch bridge. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.🌉 Which bridge type: “tall towers hold cables”? (a) arch bridge (b) suspension bridge (c) beam bridge
  31. 31.🌉 A beam bridge 90 m long rests on the two river banks and on piers in between, making equal spans of 15 m. How many piers are there?
  32. 32.🌉 A beam bridge is 420 m long. Piers split it into equal spans of 35 m. How many spans are there?
  33. 33.🌉 Which bridge type: “pushes out on its ends”? (a) beam bridge (b) arch bridge (c) suspension bridge
  34. 34.True or false: “a log across a stream” is an arch bridge. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.True or false: “good for short gaps” is a beam bridge. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.True or false: “cables tied down at ends” is a beam bridge. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.Which of these is an arch bridge? (a) pushes out on its ends (b) a log across a stream (c) cables tied down at ends (d) tall towers hold cables
  38. 38.🌉 A beam bridge 100 m long rests on the two river banks and on piers in between, making equal spans of 20 m. How many piers are there?
  39. 39.🌉 A beam bridge 40 m long is split by piers into 4 equal spans. How long is each span, in metres?
  40. 40.True or false: “a rope bridge in hills” is a beam bridge. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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