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Types of Bridges Worksheet

Engineering lesson 20: Types of bridges · Set 396 · 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.🌉 In a stone arch bridge, the stones are in … (a) no force (b) tension (c) friction (d) compression
  2. 2.Which of these is a suspension bridge? (a) stones squeezed together (b) the simplest bridge (c) a log across a stream (d) cables tied down at ends
  3. 3.🌉 What holds up a long beam bridge in the middle? (a) nothing (b) cables only (c) balloons (d) piers
  4. 4.🌉 A beam bridge is 300 m long. Piers split it into equal spans of 30 m. How many spans are there?
  5. 5.🌉 A beam bridge 165 m long rests on the two river banks and on piers in between, making equal spans of 15 m. How many piers are there?
  6. 6.True or false: “cables tied down at ends” is a suspension bridge. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.🌉 Which bridge type: “a rope bridge in hills”? (a) beam bridge (b) suspension bridge (c) arch bridge
  8. 8.Which of these is a beam bridge? (a) a curve under the deck (b) tall towers hold cables (c) the longest spans of all (d) the simplest bridge
  9. 9.Which of these is a suspension bridge? (a) a flat deck on piers (b) stones squeezed together (c) a curve under the deck (d) the longest spans of all
  10. 10.🌉 Which bridge type can cross the widest gap in one span? (a) suspension bridge (b) arch bridge (c) log bridge (d) beam bridge
  11. 11.🌉 Which bridge type: “stones squeezed together”? (a) suspension bridge (b) beam bridge (c) arch bridge
  12. 12.True or false: “a log across a stream” is a beam bridge. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.Which of these is an arch bridge? (a) a flat deck on piers (b) a log across a stream (c) a curve under the deck (d) good for short gaps
  14. 14.🌉 Which bridge type: “a flat deck on piers”? (a) beam bridge (b) suspension bridge (c) arch bridge
  15. 15.Which of these is a beam bridge? (a) the longest spans of all (b) a rope bridge in hills (c) deck hangs from cables (d) a flat deck on piers
  16. 16.🌉 Which bridge type: “good for short gaps”? (a) arch bridge (b) suspension bridge (c) beam bridge
  17. 17.True or false: “a log across a stream” is a suspension bridge. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.🌉 Which bridge type: “deck hangs from cables”? (a) beam bridge (b) arch bridge (c) suspension bridge
  19. 19.🌉 In a suspension bridge, the main cables are in … (a) compression (b) no force (c) friction (d) tension
  20. 20.Which of these is a beam bridge? (a) a rope bridge in hills (b) stones squeezed together (c) deck hangs from cables (d) good for short gaps
  21. 21.🌉 A beam bridge is 140 m long. Piers split it into equal spans of 35 m. How many spans are there?
  22. 22.Which of these is an arch bridge? (a) a rope bridge in hills (b) good for short gaps (c) cables tied down at ends (d) stones squeezed together
  23. 23.🌉 Which bridge type: “the simplest bridge”? (a) suspension bridge (b) beam bridge (c) arch bridge
  24. 24.True or false: “pushes out on its ends” is a beam bridge. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.True or false: “a rope bridge in hills” is an arch bridge. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.Which of these is a beam bridge? (a) cables tied down at ends (b) tall towers hold cables (c) a log across a stream (d) stones squeezed together
  27. 27.True or false: “cables tied down at ends” is a beam bridge. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.🌉 A beam bridge is 20 m long. Piers split it into equal spans of 10 m. How many spans are there?
  29. 29.True or false: “a flat deck on piers” is a suspension bridge. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.🌉 Which bridge type: “the longest spans of all”? (a) suspension bridge (b) arch bridge (c) beam bridge
  31. 31.🌉 A beam bridge is 135 m long. Piers split it into equal spans of 45 m. How many spans are there?
  32. 32.🌉 A beam bridge is 60 m long. Piers split it into equal spans of 30 m. How many spans are there?
  33. 33.🌉 A beam bridge 125 m long rests on the two river banks and on piers in between, making equal spans of 25 m. How many piers are there?
  34. 34.True or false: “the longest spans of all” is an arch bridge. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.🌉 A beam bridge 245 m long rests on the two river banks and on piers in between, making equal spans of 35 m. How many piers are there?
  36. 36.🌉 Which bridge type: “a curve under the deck”? (a) suspension bridge (b) beam bridge (c) arch bridge
  37. 37.True or false: “deck hangs from cables” is a beam bridge. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.🌉 A beam bridge 160 m long rests on the two river banks and on piers in between, making equal spans of 20 m. How many piers are there?
  39. 39.🌉 A beam bridge 120 m long is split by piers into 8 equal spans. How long is each span, in metres?
  40. 40.🌉 A beam bridge 360 m long rests on the two river banks and on piers in between, making equal spans of 45 m. How many piers are there?

Answer key

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

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