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Types of Bridges Worksheet

Engineering lesson 20: Types of bridges · Set 19 · 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.🌉 In a suspension bridge, the main cables are in … (a) no force (b) compression (c) friction (d) tension
  2. 2.Which of these is a suspension bridge? (a) deck hangs from cables (b) pushes out on its ends (c) good for short gaps (d) the simplest bridge
  3. 3.🌉 Which bridge type: “cables tied down at ends”? (a) beam bridge (b) suspension bridge (c) arch bridge
  4. 4.🌉 A beam bridge 220 m long is split by piers into 11 equal spans. How long is each span, in metres?
  5. 5.True or false: “a rope bridge in hills” is a beam bridge. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.Which of these is an arch bridge? (a) deck hangs from cables (b) pushes out on its ends (c) a log across a stream (d) good for short gaps
  7. 7.Which of these is a beam bridge? (a) deck hangs from cables (b) pushes out on its ends (c) stones squeezed together (d) the simplest bridge
  8. 8.🌉 A beam bridge is 225 m long. Piers split it into equal spans of 45 m. How many spans are there?
  9. 9.🌉 A beam bridge is 135 m long. Piers split it into equal spans of 45 m. How many spans are there?
  10. 10.🌉 Which bridge type can cross the widest gap in one span? (a) beam bridge (b) suspension bridge (c) arch bridge (d) log bridge
  11. 11.Which of these is a suspension bridge? (a) the longest spans of all (b) pushes out on its ends (c) the simplest bridge (d) a flat deck on piers
  12. 12.Which of these is a suspension bridge? (a) stones squeezed together (b) pushes out on its ends (c) a log across a stream (d) cables tied down at ends
  13. 13.True or false: “good for short gaps” is a beam bridge. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.🌉 In a stone arch bridge, the stones are in … (a) compression (b) no force (c) friction (d) tension
  15. 15.Which of these is an arch bridge? (a) the simplest bridge (b) deck hangs from cables (c) stones squeezed together (d) a flat deck on piers
  16. 16.True or false: “a curve under the deck” is an arch bridge. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.True or false: “a flat deck on piers” is a beam bridge. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.True or false: “pushes out on its ends” is a suspension bridge. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.True or false: “pushes out on its ends” is an arch bridge. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.True or false: “pushes out on its ends” is a beam bridge. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.True or false: “a log across a stream” is an arch bridge. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.Which of these is a beam bridge? (a) a curve under the deck (b) pushes out on its ends (c) stones squeezed together (d) a flat deck on piers
  23. 23.🌉 Which bridge type: “a curve under the deck”? (a) arch bridge (b) beam bridge (c) suspension bridge
  24. 24.True or false: “cables tied down at ends” is a beam bridge. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.True or false: “the longest spans of all” is a beam bridge. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.🌉 A beam bridge is 360 m long. Piers split it into equal spans of 45 m. How many spans are there?
  27. 27.True or false: “the simplest bridge” is a suspension bridge. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.Which of these is an arch bridge? (a) good for short gaps (b) tall towers hold cables (c) a log across a stream (d) a curve under the deck
  29. 29.🌉 A beam bridge is 360 m long. Piers split it into equal spans of 30 m. How many spans are there?
  30. 30.🌉 Which bridge type: “good for short gaps”? (a) suspension bridge (b) arch bridge (c) beam bridge
  31. 31.🌉 What holds up a long beam bridge in the middle? (a) piers (b) balloons (c) nothing (d) cables only
  32. 32.🌉 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?
  33. 33.🌉 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?
  34. 34.🌉 Which bridge type: “deck hangs from cables”? (a) suspension bridge (b) beam bridge (c) arch bridge
  35. 35.🌉 Which bridge type: “a flat deck on piers”? (a) arch bridge (b) beam bridge (c) suspension bridge
  36. 36.Which of these is a beam bridge? (a) a log across a stream (b) pushes out on its ends (c) tall towers hold cables (d) a curve under the deck
  37. 37.🌉 A beam bridge 40 m long is split by piers into 4 equal spans. How long is each span, in metres?
  38. 38.🌉 Which bridge type: “tall towers hold cables”? (a) beam bridge (b) arch bridge (c) suspension bridge
  39. 39.True or false: “the simplest bridge” is a beam bridge. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🌉 A beam bridge 500 m long rests on the two river banks and on piers in between, making equal spans of 50 m. How many piers are there?

Answer key

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

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