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Types of Bridges Worksheet

Engineering lesson 20: Types of bridges · Set 346 · 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 a beam bridge? (a) a curve under the deck (b) the longest spans of all (c) good for short gaps (d) cables tied down at ends
  2. 2.🌉 What holds up a long beam bridge in the middle? (a) nothing (b) piers (c) balloons (d) cables only
  3. 3.Which of these is an arch bridge? (a) the longest spans of all (b) tall towers hold cables (c) pushes out on its ends (d) a log across a stream
  4. 4.🌉 Which bridge type: “tall towers hold cables”? (a) suspension bridge (b) arch bridge (c) beam bridge
  5. 5.🌉 A beam bridge is 360 m long. Piers split it into equal spans of 30 m. How many spans are there?
  6. 6.🌉 In a suspension bridge, the main cables are in … (a) tension (b) no force (c) compression (d) friction
  7. 7.🌉 A beam bridge 300 m long is split by piers into 6 equal spans. How long is each span, in metres?
  8. 8.True or false: “a flat deck on piers” is a suspension bridge. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.Which of these is a suspension bridge? (a) a curve under the deck (b) pushes out on its ends (c) stones squeezed together (d) a rope bridge in hills
  10. 10.True or false: “a flat deck on piers” is a beam bridge. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.🌉 A beam bridge 105 m long is split by piers into 3 equal spans. How long is each span, in metres?
  12. 12.🌉 A beam bridge 80 m long rests on the two river banks and on piers in between, making equal spans of 10 m. How many piers are there?
  13. 13.🌉 In a stone arch bridge, the stones are in … (a) no force (b) compression (c) tension (d) friction
  14. 14.Which of these is a beam bridge? (a) a rope bridge in hills (b) pushes out on its ends (c) a flat deck on piers (d) the longest spans of all
  15. 15.🌉 Which bridge type: “a rope bridge in hills”? (a) suspension bridge (b) beam bridge (c) arch bridge
  16. 16.🌉 Which bridge type: “deck hangs from cables”? (a) arch bridge (b) suspension bridge (c) beam bridge
  17. 17.Which of these is an arch bridge? (a) deck hangs from cables (b) a flat deck on piers (c) the longest spans of all (d) a curve under the deck
  18. 18.True or false: “the simplest bridge” is an arch bridge. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.🌉 Which bridge type: “the simplest bridge”? (a) suspension bridge (b) arch bridge (c) beam bridge
  20. 20.🌉 Which bridge type: “stones squeezed together”? (a) arch bridge (b) beam bridge (c) suspension bridge
  21. 21.🌉 A beam bridge 400 m long rests on the two river banks and on piers in between, making equal spans of 50 m. How many piers are there?
  22. 22.Which of these is a beam bridge? (a) deck hangs from cables (b) stones squeezed together (c) cables tied down at ends (d) the simplest bridge
  23. 23.🌉 Which bridge type: “a curve under the deck”? (a) beam bridge (b) suspension bridge (c) arch bridge
  24. 24.🌉 A beam bridge 300 m long rests on the two river banks and on piers in between, making equal spans of 25 m. How many piers are there?
  25. 25.True or false: “the simplest bridge” is a beam bridge. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.🌉 Which bridge type can cross the widest gap in one span? (a) suspension bridge (b) beam bridge (c) arch bridge (d) log bridge
  27. 27.True or false: “pushes out on its ends” is a suspension bridge. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.True or false: “a log across a stream” is a suspension bridge. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🌉 A beam bridge 150 m long rests on the two river banks and on piers in between, making equal spans of 30 m. How many piers are there?
  30. 30.🌉 Which bridge type: “good for short gaps”? (a) suspension bridge (b) arch bridge (c) beam bridge
  31. 31.True or false: “the longest spans of all” is a beam bridge. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.Which of these is an arch bridge? (a) a flat deck on piers (b) stones squeezed together (c) the longest spans of all (d) the simplest bridge
  33. 33.True or false: “a curve under the deck” is a beam bridge. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.🌉 A beam bridge 50 m long rests on the two river banks and on piers in between, making equal spans of 10 m. How many piers are there?
  35. 35.Which of these is a beam bridge? (a) a log across a stream (b) stones squeezed together (c) tall towers hold cables (d) pushes out on its ends
  36. 36.Which of these is a suspension bridge? (a) a log across a stream (b) good for short gaps (c) the simplest bridge (d) cables tied down at ends
  37. 37.🌉 A beam bridge 200 m long is split by piers into 5 equal spans. How long is each span, in metres?
  38. 38.True or false: “good for short gaps” is a beam bridge. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: “stones squeezed together” is an arch bridge. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.Which of these is a suspension bridge? (a) pushes out on its ends (b) a log across a stream (c) a curve under the deck (d) deck hangs from cables

Answer key

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

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