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Types of Bridges Worksheet

Engineering lesson 20: Types of bridges · Set 224 · 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) beam bridge (b) arch bridge (c) suspension bridge
  2. 2.🌉 Which bridge type: “a log across a stream”? (a) suspension bridge (b) arch bridge (c) beam bridge
  3. 3.Which of these is a suspension bridge? (a) a log across a stream (b) stones squeezed together (c) a curve under the deck (d) cables tied down at ends
  4. 4.Which of these is an arch bridge? (a) deck hangs from cables (b) cables tied down at ends (c) good for short gaps (d) stones squeezed together
  5. 5.🌉 Which bridge type: “a curve under the deck”? (a) suspension bridge (b) arch bridge (c) beam bridge
  6. 6.Which of these is a suspension bridge? (a) the simplest bridge (b) a curve under the deck (c) a log across a stream (d) the longest spans of all
  7. 7.True or false: “good for short gaps” is a suspension bridge. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.🌉 In a stone arch bridge, the stones are in … (a) no force (b) tension (c) compression (d) friction
  9. 9.🌉 Which bridge type can cross the widest gap in one span? (a) suspension bridge (b) arch bridge (c) beam bridge (d) log bridge
  10. 10.🌉 A beam bridge is 350 m long. Piers split it into equal spans of 50 m. How many spans are there?
  11. 11.🌉 A beam bridge 80 m long is split by piers into 4 equal spans. How long is each span, in metres?
  12. 12.True or false: “a curve under the deck” is a suspension bridge. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.True or false: “a flat deck on piers” is an arch bridge. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.🌉 A beam bridge 240 m long rests on the two river banks and on piers in between, making equal spans of 30 m. How many piers are there?
  15. 15.True or false: “stones squeezed together” is an arch bridge. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.🌉 Which bridge type: “stones squeezed together”? (a) suspension bridge (b) beam bridge (c) arch bridge
  17. 17.🌉 A beam bridge is 30 m long. Piers split it into equal spans of 10 m. How many spans are there?
  18. 18.🌉 What holds up a long beam bridge in the middle? (a) cables only (b) piers (c) nothing (d) balloons
  19. 19.Which of these is a beam bridge? (a) the longest spans of all (b) deck hangs from cables (c) pushes out on its ends (d) good for short gaps
  20. 20.Which of these is an arch bridge? (a) good for short gaps (b) a rope bridge in hills (c) a flat deck on piers (d) pushes out on its ends
  21. 21.True or false: “cables tied down at ends” is a suspension bridge. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.Which of these is a beam bridge? (a) tall towers hold cables (b) cables tied down at ends (c) a flat deck on piers (d) stones squeezed together
  23. 23.🌉 A beam bridge 385 m long rests on the two river banks and on piers in between, making equal spans of 35 m. How many piers are there?
  24. 24.True or false: “stones squeezed together” is a beam bridge. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.True or false: “pushes out on its ends” is a suspension bridge. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.Which of these is an arch bridge? (a) a curve under the deck (b) deck hangs from cables (c) a flat deck on piers (d) cables tied down at ends
  27. 27.🌉 A beam bridge 250 m long is split by piers into 5 equal spans. How long is each span, in metres?
  28. 28.🌉 A beam bridge 135 m long is split by piers into 3 equal spans. How long is each span, in metres?
  29. 29.🌉 In a suspension bridge, the main cables are in … (a) tension (b) no force (c) friction (d) compression
  30. 30.Which of these is a suspension bridge? (a) good for short gaps (b) a log across a stream (c) a flat deck on piers (d) deck hangs from cables
  31. 31.🌉 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?
  32. 32.🌉 Which bridge type: “a rope bridge in hills”? (a) beam bridge (b) arch bridge (c) suspension bridge
  33. 33.🌉 A beam bridge 100 m long is split by piers into 2 equal spans. How long is each span, in metres?
  34. 34.True or false: “stones squeezed together” is a suspension bridge. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.🌉 A beam bridge is 150 m long. Piers split it into equal spans of 15 m. How many spans are there?
  36. 36.True or false: “good for short gaps” is a beam bridge. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.🌉 Which bridge type: “good for short gaps”? (a) suspension bridge (b) beam bridge (c) arch bridge
  38. 38.True or false: “the simplest bridge” is an arch bridge. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🌉 A beam bridge 240 m long rests on the two river banks and on piers in between, making equal spans of 20 m. How many piers are there?
  40. 40.🌉 Which bridge type: “pushes out on its ends”? (a) suspension bridge (b) arch bridge (c) beam bridge

Answer key

  1. suspension bridge
  2. beam bridge
  3. cables tied down at ends
  4. stones squeezed together
  5. arch bridge
  6. the longest spans of all
  7. False
  8. compression
  9. suspension bridge
  10. 7
  11. 20
  12. False
  13. False
  14. 7
  15. True
  16. arch bridge
  17. 3
  18. piers
  19. good for short gaps
  20. pushes out on its ends
  21. True
  22. a flat deck on piers
  23. 10
  24. False
  25. False
  26. a curve under the deck
  27. 50
  28. 45
  29. tension
  30. deck hangs from cables
  31. 1
  32. suspension bridge
  33. 50
  34. False
  35. 10
  36. True
  37. beam bridge
  38. False
  39. 11
  40. arch bridge

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