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Types of Bridges Worksheet

Engineering lesson 20: Types of bridges · Set 153 · 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 log across a stream” is a suspension bridge. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.🌉 Which bridge type: “a log across a stream”? (a) suspension bridge (b) arch bridge (c) beam bridge
  3. 3.Which of these is an arch bridge? (a) a rope bridge in hills (b) a flat deck on piers (c) deck hangs from cables (d) stones squeezed together
  4. 4.🌉 A beam bridge is 100 m long. Piers split it into equal spans of 50 m. How many spans are there?
  5. 5.Which of these is a suspension bridge? (a) the simplest bridge (b) a rope bridge in hills (c) a log across a stream (d) a flat deck on piers
  6. 6.Which of these is an arch bridge? (a) the simplest bridge (b) pushes out on its ends (c) deck hangs from cables (d) a rope bridge in hills
  7. 7.🌉 A beam bridge 60 m long rests on the two river banks and on piers in between, making equal spans of 20 m. How many piers are there?
  8. 8.Which of these is a suspension bridge? (a) a curve under the deck (b) stones squeezed together (c) a log across a stream (d) tall towers hold cables
  9. 9.Which of these is an arch bridge? (a) a flat deck on piers (b) the longest spans of all (c) cables tied down at ends (d) a curve under the deck
  10. 10.🌉 A beam bridge 150 m long rests on the two river banks and on piers in between, making equal spans of 30 m. How many piers are there?
  11. 11.Which of these is a suspension bridge? (a) good for short gaps (b) the simplest bridge (c) the longest spans of all (d) a log across a stream
  12. 12.🌉 Which bridge type: “a rope bridge in hills”? (a) suspension bridge (b) arch bridge (c) beam bridge
  13. 13.🌉 Which bridge type: “good for short gaps”? (a) suspension bridge (b) arch bridge (c) beam bridge
  14. 14.🌉 Which bridge type: “the simplest bridge”? (a) beam bridge (b) suspension bridge (c) arch bridge
  15. 15.🌉 A beam bridge 450 m long rests on the two river banks and on piers in between, making equal spans of 50 m. How many piers are there?
  16. 16.🌉 A beam bridge 120 m long is split by piers into 12 equal spans. How long is each span, in metres?
  17. 17.🌉 Which bridge type: “deck hangs from cables”? (a) beam bridge (b) suspension bridge (c) arch bridge
  18. 18.Which of these is a beam bridge? (a) a log across a stream (b) the longest spans of all (c) cables tied down at ends (d) pushes out on its ends
  19. 19.🌉 Which bridge type: “tall towers hold cables”? (a) beam bridge (b) suspension bridge (c) arch bridge
  20. 20.🌉 A beam bridge is 100 m long. Piers split it into equal spans of 10 m. How many spans are there?
  21. 21.Which of these is a suspension bridge? (a) a flat deck on piers (b) stones squeezed together (c) cables tied down at ends (d) a curve under the deck
  22. 22.True or false: “pushes out on its ends” is a suspension bridge. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.True or false: “deck hangs from cables” is a suspension bridge. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.🌉 Which bridge type: “the longest spans of all”? (a) arch bridge (b) suspension bridge (c) beam bridge
  25. 25.🌉 A beam bridge 600 m long is split by piers into 12 equal spans. How long is each span, in metres?
  26. 26.🌉 Which bridge type: “a flat deck on piers”? (a) arch bridge (b) suspension bridge (c) beam bridge
  27. 27.True or false: “cables tied down at ends” is a beam bridge. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.Which of these is a beam bridge? (a) deck hangs from cables (b) a rope bridge in hills (c) a curve under the deck (d) good for short gaps
  29. 29.🌉 In a stone arch bridge, the stones are in … (a) tension (b) compression (c) friction (d) no force
  30. 30.True or false: “stones squeezed together” is a beam bridge. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.🌉 Which bridge type: “cables tied down at ends”? (a) suspension bridge (b) arch bridge (c) beam bridge
  32. 32.True or false: “cables tied down at ends” is a suspension bridge. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.🌉 A beam bridge 275 m long is split by piers into 11 equal spans. How long is each span, in metres?
  34. 34.🌉 Which bridge type can cross the widest gap in one span? (a) suspension bridge (b) beam bridge (c) arch bridge (d) log bridge
  35. 35.🌉 In a suspension bridge, the main cables are in … (a) tension (b) friction (c) compression (d) no force
  36. 36.Which of these is a beam bridge? (a) a flat deck on piers (b) a curve under the deck (c) pushes out on its ends (d) deck hangs from cables
  37. 37.🌉 Which bridge type: “stones squeezed together”? (a) suspension bridge (b) beam bridge (c) arch bridge
  38. 38.🌉 A beam bridge is 500 m long. Piers split it into equal spans of 50 m. How many spans are there?
  39. 39.True or false: “a flat deck on piers” is a beam bridge. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🌉 A beam bridge 165 m long rests on the two river banks and on piers in between, making equal spans of 15 m. How many piers are there?

Answer key

  1. False
  2. beam bridge
  3. stones squeezed together
  4. 2
  5. a rope bridge in hills
  6. pushes out on its ends
  7. 2
  8. tall towers hold cables
  9. a curve under the deck
  10. 4
  11. the longest spans of all
  12. suspension bridge
  13. beam bridge
  14. beam bridge
  15. 8
  16. 10
  17. suspension bridge
  18. a log across a stream
  19. suspension bridge
  20. 10
  21. cables tied down at ends
  22. False
  23. True
  24. suspension bridge
  25. 50
  26. beam bridge
  27. False
  28. good for short gaps
  29. compression
  30. False
  31. suspension bridge
  32. True
  33. 25
  34. suspension bridge
  35. tension
  36. a flat deck on piers
  37. arch bridge
  38. 10
  39. True
  40. 10

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