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Types of Bridges Worksheet

Engineering lesson 20: Types of bridges · Set 216 · 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: “pushes out on its ends”? (a) suspension bridge (b) beam bridge (c) arch bridge
  2. 2.Which of these is a suspension bridge? (a) the simplest bridge (b) tall towers hold cables (c) a flat deck on piers (d) stones squeezed together
  3. 3.🌉 A beam bridge 135 m long rests on the two river banks and on piers in between, making equal spans of 15 m. How many piers are there?
  4. 4.🌉 A beam bridge 100 m long is split by piers into 10 equal spans. How long is each span, in metres?
  5. 5.🌉 Which bridge type can cross the widest gap in one span? (a) suspension bridge (b) log bridge (c) arch bridge (d) beam bridge
  6. 6.True or false: “pushes out on its ends” is a beam bridge. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.🌉 In a stone arch bridge, the stones are in … (a) tension (b) friction (c) no force (d) compression
  8. 8.🌉 Which bridge type: “cables tied down at ends”? (a) beam bridge (b) suspension bridge (c) arch bridge
  9. 9.Which of these is a beam bridge? (a) tall towers hold cables (b) a flat deck on piers (c) a curve under the deck (d) stones squeezed together
  10. 10.True or false: “good for short gaps” is a beam bridge. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.🌉 Which bridge type: “tall towers hold cables”? (a) arch bridge (b) suspension bridge (c) beam bridge
  12. 12.🌉 A beam bridge 125 m long rests on the two river banks and on piers in between, making equal spans of 25 m. How many piers are there?
  13. 13.🌉 Which bridge type: “good for short gaps”? (a) suspension bridge (b) beam bridge (c) arch bridge
  14. 14.True or false: “a curve under the deck” is a beam bridge. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.🌉 A beam bridge 225 m long is split by piers into 9 equal spans. How long is each span, in metres?
  16. 16.Which of these is a beam bridge? (a) stones squeezed together (b) the simplest bridge (c) a rope bridge in hills (d) pushes out on its ends
  17. 17.🌉 A beam bridge is 210 m long. Piers split it into equal spans of 30 m. How many spans are there?
  18. 18.True or false: “a flat deck on piers” is a suspension bridge. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.Which of these is a suspension bridge? (a) stones squeezed together (b) a flat deck on piers (c) the simplest bridge (d) the longest spans of all
  20. 20.🌉 Which bridge type: “the longest spans of all”? (a) arch bridge (b) beam bridge (c) suspension bridge
  21. 21.True or false: “the longest spans of all” is a suspension bridge. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.True or false: “tall towers hold cables” is a suspension bridge. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.🌉 Which bridge type: “stones squeezed together”? (a) beam bridge (b) suspension bridge (c) arch bridge
  24. 24.Which of these is a suspension bridge? (a) cables tied down at ends (b) the simplest bridge (c) a flat deck on piers (d) a log across a stream
  25. 25.Which of these is an arch bridge? (a) a flat deck on piers (b) the simplest bridge (c) good for short gaps (d) pushes out on its ends
  26. 26.🌉 In a suspension bridge, the main cables are in … (a) friction (b) tension (c) compression (d) no force
  27. 27.🌉 Which bridge type: “a curve under the deck”? (a) beam bridge (b) suspension bridge (c) arch bridge
  28. 28.🌉 A beam bridge 360 m long is split by piers into 8 equal spans. How long is each span, in metres?
  29. 29.🌉 A beam bridge is 90 m long. Piers split it into equal spans of 45 m. How many spans are there?
  30. 30.True or false: “a log across a stream” is an arch bridge. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.True or false: “a curve under the deck” is an arch bridge. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.🌉 A beam bridge is 140 m long. Piers split it into equal spans of 20 m. How many spans are there?
  33. 33.🌉 Which bridge type: “a log across a stream”? (a) arch bridge (b) beam bridge (c) suspension bridge
  34. 34.🌉 A beam bridge 75 m long is split by piers into 3 equal spans. How long is each span, in metres?
  35. 35.True or false: “deck hangs from cables” is a suspension bridge. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.🌉 A beam bridge is 350 m long. Piers split it into equal spans of 35 m. How many spans are there?
  37. 37.True or false: “good for short gaps” is a suspension bridge. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.Which of these is an arch bridge? (a) good for short gaps (b) a rope bridge in hills (c) stones squeezed together (d) a flat deck on piers
  39. 39.🌉 Which bridge type: “a flat deck on piers”? (a) suspension bridge (b) beam bridge (c) arch bridge
  40. 40.🌉 Which bridge type: “the simplest bridge”? (a) beam bridge (b) arch bridge (c) suspension bridge

Answer key

  1. arch bridge
  2. tall towers hold cables
  3. 8
  4. 10
  5. suspension bridge
  6. False
  7. compression
  8. suspension bridge
  9. a flat deck on piers
  10. True
  11. suspension bridge
  12. 4
  13. beam bridge
  14. False
  15. 25
  16. the simplest bridge
  17. 7
  18. False
  19. the longest spans of all
  20. suspension bridge
  21. True
  22. True
  23. arch bridge
  24. cables tied down at ends
  25. pushes out on its ends
  26. tension
  27. arch bridge
  28. 45
  29. 2
  30. False
  31. True
  32. 7
  33. beam bridge
  34. 25
  35. True
  36. 10
  37. False
  38. stones squeezed together
  39. beam bridge
  40. beam bridge

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