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Types of Bridges Worksheet

Engineering lesson 20: Types of bridges · Set 197 · 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: “cables tied down at ends”? (a) arch bridge (b) beam bridge (c) suspension bridge
  2. 2.True or false: “a rope bridge in hills” is a beam bridge. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.Which of these is a beam bridge? (a) cables tied down at ends (b) deck hangs from cables (c) stones squeezed together (d) good for short gaps
  4. 4.🌉 Which bridge type: “stones squeezed together”? (a) beam bridge (b) arch bridge (c) suspension bridge
  5. 5.🌉 A beam bridge 30 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.🌉 A beam bridge is 210 m long. Piers split it into equal spans of 35 m. How many spans are there?
  7. 7.🌉 Which bridge type: “a flat deck on piers”? (a) suspension bridge (b) beam bridge (c) arch bridge
  8. 8.True or false: “a curve under the deck” is a beam bridge. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.🌉 What holds up a long beam bridge in the middle? (a) cables only (b) balloons (c) nothing (d) piers
  10. 10.🌉 A beam bridge is 75 m long. Piers split it into equal spans of 15 m. How many spans are there?
  11. 11.🌉 Which bridge type: “deck hangs from cables”? (a) beam bridge (b) suspension bridge (c) arch bridge
  12. 12.🌉 A beam bridge 220 m long rests on the two river banks and on piers in between, making equal spans of 20 m. How many piers are there?
  13. 13.True or false: “a log across a stream” is a suspension bridge. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.Which of these is an arch bridge? (a) the simplest bridge (b) pushes out on its ends (c) a flat deck on piers (d) a log across a stream
  15. 15.True or false: “tall towers hold cables” is a beam bridge. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.True or false: “good for short gaps” is a suspension bridge. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.🌉 Which bridge type: “a log across a stream”? (a) beam bridge (b) arch bridge (c) suspension bridge
  18. 18.🌉 A beam bridge 80 m long rests on the two river banks and on piers in between, making equal spans of 40 m. How many piers are there?
  19. 19.Which of these is an arch bridge? (a) cables tied down at ends (b) the longest spans of all (c) the simplest bridge (d) a curve under the deck
  20. 20.🌉 In a stone arch bridge, the stones are in … (a) tension (b) no force (c) friction (d) compression
  21. 21.🌉 A beam bridge is 125 m long. Piers split it into equal spans of 25 m. How many spans are there?
  22. 22.🌉 Which bridge type: “good for short gaps”? (a) suspension bridge (b) beam bridge (c) arch bridge
  23. 23.Which of these is a suspension bridge? (a) deck hangs from cables (b) pushes out on its ends (c) stones squeezed together (d) the simplest bridge
  24. 24.🌉 Which bridge type: “the simplest bridge”? (a) suspension bridge (b) arch bridge (c) beam bridge
  25. 25.🌉 Which bridge type: “tall towers hold cables”? (a) beam bridge (b) arch bridge (c) suspension bridge
  26. 26.🌉 A beam bridge 225 m long is split by piers into 9 equal spans. How long is each span, in metres?
  27. 27.Which of these is a suspension bridge? (a) stones squeezed together (b) a log across a stream (c) the longest spans of all (d) the simplest bridge
  28. 28.🌉 A beam bridge is 90 m long. Piers split it into equal spans of 10 m. How many spans are there?
  29. 29.🌉 Which bridge type: “pushes out on its ends”? (a) beam bridge (b) suspension bridge (c) arch bridge
  30. 30.🌉 A beam bridge 150 m long is split by piers into 6 equal spans. How long is each span, in metres?
  31. 31.🌉 Which bridge type: “a rope bridge in hills”? (a) beam bridge (b) arch bridge (c) suspension bridge
  32. 32.🌉 A beam bridge 550 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 is 50 m long. Piers split it into equal spans of 10 m. How many spans are there?
  34. 34.True or false: “a log across a stream” is an arch bridge. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.True or false: “a flat deck on piers” is an arch bridge. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🌉 In a suspension bridge, the main cables are in … (a) compression (b) no force (c) friction (d) tension
  37. 37.True or false: “a log across a stream” is a beam bridge. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.🌉 A beam bridge is 350 m long. Piers split it into equal spans of 35 m. How many spans are there?
  39. 39.True or false: “cables tied down at ends” is an arch bridge. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🌉 A beam bridge is 400 m long. Piers split it into equal spans of 40 m. How many spans are there?

Answer key

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

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