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Types of Bridges Worksheet

Engineering lesson 20: Types of bridges · Set 303 · 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.🌉 A beam bridge 100 m long is split by piers into 4 equal spans. How long is each span, in metres?
  2. 2.🌉 Which bridge type: “tall towers hold cables”? (a) arch bridge (b) suspension bridge (c) beam bridge
  3. 3.Which of these is a suspension bridge? (a) pushes out on its ends (b) tall towers hold cables (c) good for short gaps (d) a log across a stream
  4. 4.True or false: “cables tied down at ends” is an arch bridge. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.🌉 Which bridge type can cross the widest gap in one span? (a) arch bridge (b) beam bridge (c) suspension bridge (d) log bridge
  6. 6.🌉 Which bridge type: “a curve under the deck”? (a) beam bridge (b) arch bridge (c) suspension bridge
  7. 7.Which of these is a beam bridge? (a) a curve under the deck (b) pushes out on its ends (c) a rope bridge in hills (d) a log across a stream
  8. 8.🌉 Which bridge type: “a flat deck on piers”? (a) beam bridge (b) suspension bridge (c) arch bridge
  9. 9.🌉 A beam bridge is 495 m long. Piers split it into equal spans of 45 m. How many spans are there?
  10. 10.Which of these is a suspension bridge? (a) a flat deck on piers (b) pushes out on its ends (c) a rope bridge in hills (d) stones squeezed together
  11. 11.🌉 In a stone arch bridge, the stones are in … (a) compression (b) tension (c) friction (d) no force
  12. 12.Which of these is a beam bridge? (a) a flat deck on piers (b) deck hangs from cables (c) cables tied down at ends (d) stones squeezed together
  13. 13.🌉 In a suspension bridge, the main cables are in … (a) tension (b) no force (c) friction (d) compression
  14. 14.True or false: “good for short gaps” is an arch bridge. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.True or false: “deck hangs from cables” is a suspension bridge. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.🌉 Which bridge type: “deck hangs from cables”? (a) beam bridge (b) arch bridge (c) suspension bridge
  17. 17.Which of these is a suspension bridge? (a) a log across a stream (b) stones squeezed together (c) the longest spans of all (d) good for short gaps
  18. 18.🌉 Which bridge type: “pushes out on its ends”? (a) beam bridge (b) arch bridge (c) suspension bridge
  19. 19.True or false: “a rope bridge in hills” is a suspension bridge. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.True or false: “tall towers hold cables” is a beam bridge. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.🌉 A beam bridge 280 m long rests on the two river banks and on piers in between, making equal spans of 35 m. How many piers are there?
  22. 22.🌉 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?
  23. 23.True or false: “good for short gaps” is a beam bridge. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.True or false: “pushes out on its ends” is an arch bridge. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.🌉 A beam bridge 480 m long rests on the two river banks and on piers in between, making equal spans of 40 m. How many piers are there?
  26. 26.Which of these is an arch bridge? (a) tall towers hold cables (b) the longest spans of all (c) cables tied down at ends (d) a curve under the deck
  27. 27.True or false: “the simplest bridge” is a beam bridge. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.🌉 A beam bridge 400 m long is split by piers into 10 equal spans. How long is each span, in metres?
  29. 29.🌉 A beam bridge is 50 m long. Piers split it into equal spans of 10 m. How many spans are there?
  30. 30.🌉 Which bridge type: “the longest spans of all”? (a) arch bridge (b) beam bridge (c) suspension bridge
  31. 31.🌉 A beam bridge is 100 m long. Piers split it into equal spans of 25 m. How many spans are there?
  32. 32.Which of these is an arch bridge? (a) cables tied down at ends (b) pushes out on its ends (c) tall towers hold cables (d) the simplest bridge
  33. 33.🌉 A beam bridge 150 m long is split by piers into 5 equal spans. How long is each span, in metres?
  34. 34.🌉 A beam bridge 550 m long is split by piers into 11 equal spans. How long is each span, in metres?
  35. 35.🌉 Which bridge type: “a rope bridge in hills”? (a) suspension bridge (b) beam bridge (c) arch bridge
  36. 36.🌉 Which bridge type: “stones squeezed together”? (a) arch bridge (b) beam bridge (c) suspension bridge
  37. 37.Which of these is an arch bridge? (a) the simplest bridge (b) stones squeezed together (c) a rope bridge in hills (d) deck hangs from cables
  38. 38.🌉 A beam bridge 120 m long rests on the two river banks and on piers in between, making equal spans of 40 m. How many piers are there?
  39. 39.🌉 Which bridge type: “good for short gaps”? (a) suspension bridge (b) arch bridge (c) beam bridge
  40. 40.True or false: “a log across a stream” is a beam bridge. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. 25
  2. suspension bridge
  3. tall towers hold cables
  4. False
  5. suspension bridge
  6. arch bridge
  7. a log across a stream
  8. beam bridge
  9. 11
  10. a rope bridge in hills
  11. compression
  12. a flat deck on piers
  13. tension
  14. False
  15. True
  16. suspension bridge
  17. the longest spans of all
  18. arch bridge
  19. True
  20. False
  21. 7
  22. 1
  23. True
  24. True
  25. 11
  26. a curve under the deck
  27. True
  28. 40
  29. 5
  30. suspension bridge
  31. 4
  32. pushes out on its ends
  33. 30
  34. 50
  35. suspension bridge
  36. arch bridge
  37. stones squeezed together
  38. 2
  39. beam bridge
  40. True

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