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Types of Bridges Worksheet

Engineering lesson 20: Types of bridges · Set 175 · 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) cables tied down at ends (b) a curve under the deck (c) the simplest bridge (d) a log across a stream
  2. 2.🌉 In a suspension bridge, the main cables are in … (a) compression (b) no force (c) friction (d) tension
  3. 3.🌉 Which bridge type: “pushes out on its ends”? (a) arch bridge (b) suspension bridge (c) beam bridge
  4. 4.🌉 What holds up a long beam bridge in the middle? (a) piers (b) balloons (c) cables only (d) nothing
  5. 5.🌉 A beam bridge 45 m long rests on the two river banks and on piers in between, making equal spans of 15 m. How many piers are there?
  6. 6.True or false: “a log across a stream” is a beam bridge. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.True or false: “good for short gaps” is an arch bridge. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.Which of these is a beam bridge? (a) the simplest bridge (b) tall towers hold cables (c) a rope bridge in hills (d) stones squeezed together
  9. 9.🌉 A beam bridge 110 m long rests on the two river banks and on piers in between, making equal spans of 10 m. How many piers are there?
  10. 10.🌉 A beam bridge 250 m long rests on the two river banks and on piers in between, making equal spans of 50 m. How many piers are there?
  11. 11.🌉 Which bridge type: “a flat deck on piers”? (a) beam bridge (b) suspension bridge (c) arch bridge
  12. 12.🌉 Which bridge type can cross the widest gap in one span? (a) log bridge (b) arch bridge (c) suspension bridge (d) beam bridge
  13. 13.🌉 Which bridge type: “a log across a stream”? (a) beam bridge (b) suspension bridge (c) arch bridge
  14. 14.True or false: “tall towers hold cables” is an arch bridge. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.🌉 A beam bridge is 320 m long. Piers split it into equal spans of 40 m. How many spans are there?
  16. 16.Which of these is a beam bridge? (a) cables tied down at ends (b) a rope bridge in hills (c) a log across a stream (d) pushes out on its ends
  17. 17.🌉 A beam bridge 480 m long rests on the two river banks and on piers in between, making equal spans of 40 m. How many piers are there?
  18. 18.True or false: “the simplest bridge” is a suspension bridge. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.🌉 Which bridge type: “deck hangs from cables”? (a) arch bridge (b) beam bridge (c) suspension bridge
  20. 20.🌉 Which bridge type: “the simplest bridge”? (a) beam bridge (b) suspension bridge (c) arch bridge
  21. 21.🌉 Which bridge type: “stones squeezed together”? (a) suspension bridge (b) arch bridge (c) beam bridge
  22. 22.🌉 A beam bridge 210 m long is split by piers into 6 equal spans. How long is each span, in metres?
  23. 23.🌉 A beam bridge 60 m long is split by piers into 3 equal spans. How long is each span, in metres?
  24. 24.🌉 A beam bridge is 450 m long. Piers split it into equal spans of 50 m. How many spans are there?
  25. 25.Which of these is an arch bridge? (a) good for short gaps (b) pushes out on its ends (c) tall towers hold cables (d) a rope bridge in hills
  26. 26.True or false: “cables tied down at ends” is a suspension bridge. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.True or false: “the simplest bridge” is an arch bridge. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.🌉 A beam bridge 210 m long is split by piers into 7 equal spans. How long is each span, in metres?
  29. 29.True or false: “stones squeezed together” is a beam bridge. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.True or false: “the longest spans of all” is a beam bridge. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.🌉 A beam bridge is 125 m long. Piers split it into equal spans of 25 m. How many spans are there?
  32. 32.True or false: “the longest spans of all” is a suspension bridge. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.🌉 Which bridge type: “good for short gaps”? (a) suspension bridge (b) arch bridge (c) beam bridge
  34. 34.🌉 In a stone arch bridge, the stones are in … (a) friction (b) no force (c) compression (d) tension
  35. 35.🌉 Which bridge type: “the longest spans of all”? (a) beam bridge (b) arch bridge (c) suspension bridge
  36. 36.Which of these is a suspension bridge? (a) pushes out on its ends (b) stones squeezed together (c) a rope bridge in hills (d) a flat deck on piers
  37. 37.True or false: “a rope bridge in hills” is a beam bridge. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: “a flat deck on piers” is a beam bridge. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: “a curve under the deck” is a beam bridge. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.Which of these is a suspension bridge? (a) good for short gaps (b) a flat deck on piers (c) deck hangs from cables (d) a curve under the deck

Answer key

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

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