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Types of Bridges Worksheet

Engineering lesson 20: Types of bridges · Set 353 · 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: “a curve under the deck”? (a) arch bridge (b) suspension bridge (c) beam bridge
  2. 2.🌉 Which bridge type: “stones squeezed together”? (a) suspension bridge (b) beam bridge (c) arch bridge
  3. 3.🌉 In a stone arch bridge, the stones are in … (a) tension (b) no force (c) friction (d) compression
  4. 4.🌉 Which bridge type: “a flat deck on piers”? (a) arch bridge (b) beam bridge (c) suspension bridge
  5. 5.🌉 A beam bridge 300 m long rests on the two river banks and on piers in between, making equal spans of 50 m. How many piers are there?
  6. 6.🌉 In a suspension bridge, the main cables are in … (a) tension (b) friction (c) compression (d) no force
  7. 7.True or false: “the simplest bridge” is a suspension bridge. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.🌉 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?
  9. 9.🌉 A beam bridge is 105 m long. Piers split it into equal spans of 15 m. How many spans are there?
  10. 10.True or false: “the longest spans of all” is an arch bridge. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.True or false: “a log across a stream” is a beam bridge. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.True or false: “cables tied down at ends” is a suspension bridge. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.🌉 Which bridge type: “the longest spans of all”? (a) suspension bridge (b) arch bridge (c) beam bridge
  14. 14.True or false: “cables tied down at ends” is an arch bridge. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.🌉 Which bridge type: “a rope bridge in hills”? (a) beam bridge (b) arch bridge (c) suspension bridge
  16. 16.🌉 Which bridge type can cross the widest gap in one span? (a) beam bridge (b) suspension bridge (c) log bridge (d) arch bridge
  17. 17.Which of these is a suspension bridge? (a) pushes out on its ends (b) a curve under the deck (c) the simplest bridge (d) a rope bridge in hills
  18. 18.🌉 A beam bridge 330 m long is split by piers into 11 equal spans. How long is each span, in metres?
  19. 19.🌉 Which bridge type: “the simplest bridge”? (a) suspension bridge (b) arch bridge (c) beam bridge
  20. 20.Which of these is an arch bridge? (a) a log across a stream (b) deck hangs from cables (c) pushes out on its ends (d) cables tied down at ends
  21. 21.🌉 Which bridge type: “deck hangs from cables”? (a) suspension bridge (b) arch bridge (c) beam bridge
  22. 22.🌉 A beam bridge is 160 m long. Piers split it into equal spans of 20 m. How many spans are there?
  23. 23.🌉 Which bridge type: “good for short gaps”? (a) arch bridge (b) suspension bridge (c) beam bridge
  24. 24.Which of these is a beam bridge? (a) a curve under the deck (b) tall towers hold cables (c) a log across a stream (d) the longest spans of all
  25. 25.Which of these is a beam bridge? (a) stones squeezed together (b) tall towers hold cables (c) the simplest bridge (d) cables tied down at ends
  26. 26.🌉 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?
  27. 27.Which of these is a beam bridge? (a) stones squeezed together (b) a flat deck on piers (c) the longest spans of all (d) a curve under the deck
  28. 28.Which of these is an arch bridge? (a) cables tied down at ends (b) the longest spans of all (c) stones squeezed together (d) tall towers hold cables
  29. 29.🌉 A beam bridge 120 m long rests on the two river banks and on piers in between, making equal spans of 10 m. How many piers are there?
  30. 30.🌉 A beam bridge is 100 m long. Piers split it into equal spans of 20 m. How many spans are there?
  31. 31.True or false: “pushes out on its ends” is a beam bridge. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.🌉 A beam bridge is 150 m long. Piers split it into equal spans of 50 m. How many spans are there?
  33. 33.True or false: “stones squeezed together” is a suspension bridge. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.True or false: “deck hangs from cables” is a suspension bridge. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.True or false: “a flat deck on piers” is a beam bridge. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.Which of these is a suspension bridge? (a) stones squeezed together (b) a log across a stream (c) the longest spans of all (d) good for short gaps
  37. 37.True or false: “good for short gaps” is an arch bridge. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.True or false: “cables tied down at ends” is a beam bridge. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🌉 A beam bridge is 105 m long. Piers split it into equal spans of 35 m. How many spans are there?
  40. 40.🌉 Which bridge type: “cables tied down at ends”? (a) beam bridge (b) suspension bridge (c) arch bridge

Answer key

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

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