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Types of Bridges Worksheet

Engineering lesson 20: Types of bridges · Set 269 · 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 of these is an arch bridge? (a) a rope bridge in hills (b) pushes out on its ends (c) deck hangs from cables (d) the longest spans of all
  2. 2.🌉 What holds up a long beam bridge in the middle? (a) cables only (b) balloons (c) nothing (d) piers
  3. 3.True or false: “good for short gaps” is a suspension bridge. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.🌉 Which bridge type: “cables tied down at ends”? (a) beam bridge (b) arch bridge (c) suspension bridge
  5. 5.🌉 A beam bridge 125 m long is split by piers into 5 equal spans. How long is each span, in metres?
  6. 6.Which of these is a beam bridge? (a) tall towers hold cables (b) cables tied down at ends (c) deck hangs from cables (d) a flat deck on piers
  7. 7.Which of these is an arch bridge? (a) good for short gaps (b) deck hangs from cables (c) stones squeezed together (d) the simplest bridge
  8. 8.🌉 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?
  9. 9.🌉 Which bridge type: “good for short gaps”? (a) beam bridge (b) arch bridge (c) suspension bridge
  10. 10.🌉 Which bridge type: “a flat deck on piers”? (a) beam bridge (b) arch bridge (c) suspension bridge
  11. 11.True or false: “stones squeezed together” is a beam bridge. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.🌉 In a stone arch bridge, the stones are in … (a) compression (b) tension (c) friction (d) no force
  13. 13.Which of these is a beam bridge? (a) a rope bridge in hills (b) a curve under the deck (c) the simplest bridge (d) tall towers hold cables
  14. 14.True or false: “tall towers hold cables” is an arch bridge. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.True or false: “a log across a stream” is a beam bridge. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.Which of these is a beam bridge? (a) a rope bridge in hills (b) the longest spans of all (c) stones squeezed together (d) a log across a stream
  17. 17.True or false: “cables tied down at ends” is a beam bridge. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.Which of these is an arch bridge? (a) the longest spans of all (b) a curve under the deck (c) a rope bridge in hills (d) the simplest bridge
  19. 19.🌉 In a suspension bridge, the main cables are in … (a) friction (b) tension (c) compression (d) no force
  20. 20.🌉 Which bridge type can cross the widest gap in one span? (a) arch bridge (b) log bridge (c) beam bridge (d) suspension bridge
  21. 21.Which of these is a suspension bridge? (a) good for short gaps (b) the simplest bridge (c) tall towers hold cables (d) a log across a stream
  22. 22.True or false: “the longest spans of all” is a suspension bridge. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.🌉 A beam bridge 60 m long rests on the two river banks and on piers in between, making equal spans of 10 m. How many piers are there?
  24. 24.Which of these is a suspension bridge? (a) a curve under the deck (b) pushes out on its ends (c) deck hangs from cables (d) good for short gaps
  25. 25.True or false: “good for short gaps” is an arch bridge. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.True or false: “good for short gaps” is a beam bridge. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🌉 A beam bridge is 20 m long. Piers split it into equal spans of 10 m. How many spans are there?
  28. 28.True or false: “tall towers hold cables” is a suspension bridge. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.🌉 A beam bridge 180 m long rests on the two river banks and on piers in between, making equal spans of 15 m. How many piers are there?
  30. 30.True or false: “the simplest bridge” is an arch bridge. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.🌉 A beam bridge 480 m long is split by piers into 12 equal spans. How long is each span, in metres?
  32. 32.🌉 Which bridge type: “tall towers hold cables”? (a) suspension bridge (b) beam bridge (c) arch bridge
  33. 33.True or false: “a rope bridge in hills” is a suspension bridge. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.Which of these is a beam bridge? (a) good for short gaps (b) stones squeezed together (c) tall towers hold cables (d) the longest spans of all
  35. 35.🌉 Which bridge type: “pushes out on its ends”? (a) beam bridge (b) suspension bridge (c) arch bridge
  36. 36.🌉 Which bridge type: “a log across a stream”? (a) beam bridge (b) suspension bridge (c) arch bridge
  37. 37.🌉 Which bridge type: “a curve under the deck”? (a) beam bridge (b) suspension bridge (c) arch bridge
  38. 38.🌉 Which bridge type: “a rope bridge in hills”? (a) arch bridge (b) suspension bridge (c) beam bridge
  39. 39.🌉 Which bridge type: “deck hangs from cables”? (a) beam bridge (b) arch bridge (c) suspension bridge
  40. 40.🌉 A beam bridge 200 m long rests on the two river banks and on piers in between, making equal spans of 20 m. How many piers are there?

Answer key

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

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