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Types of Bridges Worksheet

Engineering lesson 20: Types of bridges · Set 196 · 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: “a curve under the deck”? (a) arch bridge (b) suspension bridge (c) beam bridge
  2. 2.True or false: “cables tied down at ends” is an arch bridge. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.Which of these is an arch bridge? (a) good for short gaps (b) a curve under the deck (c) a log across a stream (d) the longest spans of all
  4. 4.True or false: “the longest spans of all” is a beam bridge. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.🌉 In a stone arch bridge, the stones are in … (a) friction (b) tension (c) compression (d) no force
  6. 6.🌉 Which bridge type: “stones squeezed together”? (a) beam bridge (b) arch bridge (c) suspension bridge
  7. 7.Which of these is a beam bridge? (a) pushes out on its ends (b) the longest spans of all (c) good for short gaps (d) a curve under the deck
  8. 8.True or false: “cables tied down at ends” is a suspension bridge. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.Which of these is an arch bridge? (a) deck hangs from cables (b) cables tied down at ends (c) stones squeezed together (d) a log across a stream
  10. 10.Which of these is a beam bridge? (a) pushes out on its ends (b) stones squeezed together (c) a flat deck on piers (d) cables tied down at ends
  11. 11.True or false: “tall towers hold cables” is a suspension bridge. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.🌉 A beam bridge 80 m long rests on the two river banks and on piers in between, making equal spans of 10 m. How many piers are there?
  13. 13.🌉 A beam bridge is 280 m long. Piers split it into equal spans of 35 m. How many spans are there?
  14. 14.🌉 What holds up a long beam bridge in the middle? (a) cables only (b) piers (c) nothing (d) balloons
  15. 15.True or false: “a flat deck on piers” is a suspension bridge. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.🌉 A beam bridge 175 m long rests on the two river banks and on piers in between, making equal spans of 35 m. How many piers are there?
  17. 17.True or false: “a rope bridge in hills” is an arch bridge. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.🌉 In a suspension bridge, the main cables are in … (a) friction (b) compression (c) no force (d) tension
  19. 19.🌉 A beam bridge 100 m long is split by piers into 4 equal spans. How long is each span, in metres?
  20. 20.Which of these is an arch bridge? (a) tall towers hold cables (b) a rope bridge in hills (c) deck hangs from cables (d) pushes out on its ends
  21. 21.🌉 Which bridge type can cross the widest gap in one span? (a) suspension bridge (b) beam bridge (c) arch bridge (d) log bridge
  22. 22.True or false: “good for short gaps” is an arch bridge. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.True or false: “a flat deck on piers” is a beam bridge. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.True or false: “deck hangs from cables” is a suspension bridge. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.True or false: “a log across a stream” is a beam bridge. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.🌉 Which bridge type: “good for short gaps”? (a) suspension bridge (b) beam bridge (c) arch bridge
  27. 27.True or false: “the simplest bridge” is a beam bridge. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.True or false: “a log across a stream” is an arch bridge. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🌉 Which bridge type: “deck hangs from cables”? (a) beam bridge (b) suspension bridge (c) arch bridge
  30. 30.Which of these is a suspension bridge? (a) a log across a stream (b) a curve under the deck (c) the simplest bridge (d) a rope bridge in hills
  31. 31.🌉 Which bridge type: “the simplest bridge”? (a) arch bridge (b) beam bridge (c) suspension bridge
  32. 32.True or false: “pushes out on its ends” is a suspension bridge. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.🌉 Which bridge type: “a flat deck on piers”? (a) suspension bridge (b) beam bridge (c) arch bridge
  34. 34.True or false: “pushes out on its ends” is an arch bridge. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.🌉 A beam bridge 350 m long is split by piers into 10 equal spans. How long is each span, in metres?
  36. 36.True or false: “the longest spans of all” is a suspension bridge. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🌉 Which bridge type: “a rope bridge in hills”? (a) arch bridge (b) suspension bridge (c) beam bridge
  38. 38.Which of these is a beam bridge? (a) tall towers hold cables (b) cables tied down at ends (c) a log across a stream (d) a curve under the deck
  39. 39.True or false: “a rope bridge in hills” is a beam bridge. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.True or false: “the longest spans of all” is an arch bridge. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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