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Types of Bridges Worksheet

Engineering lesson 20: Types of bridges · Set 418 · 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) good for short gaps (b) cables tied down at ends (c) stones squeezed together (d) deck hangs from cables
  2. 2.🌉 Which bridge type: “a log across a stream”? (a) arch bridge (b) suspension bridge (c) beam bridge
  3. 3.True or false: “a log across a stream” is a suspension bridge. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.Which of these is a beam bridge? (a) the longest spans of all (b) a log across a stream (c) stones squeezed together (d) a curve under the deck
  5. 5.True or false: “a rope bridge in hills” is a suspension bridge. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.True or false: “the simplest bridge” is a beam bridge. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.True or false: “tall towers hold cables” is a suspension bridge. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.🌉 Which bridge type: “the simplest bridge”? (a) suspension bridge (b) arch bridge (c) beam bridge
  9. 9.True or false: “the longest spans of all” is a suspension bridge. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.True or false: “cables tied down at ends” is an arch bridge. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.🌉 Which bridge type can cross the widest gap in one span? (a) suspension bridge (b) log bridge (c) beam bridge (d) arch bridge
  12. 12.🌉 Which bridge type: “a rope bridge in hills”? (a) arch bridge (b) beam bridge (c) suspension bridge
  13. 13.Which of these is an arch bridge? (a) tall towers hold cables (b) a log across a stream (c) cables tied down at ends (d) a curve under the deck
  14. 14.🌉 What holds up a long beam bridge in the middle? (a) balloons (b) piers (c) cables only (d) nothing
  15. 15.Which of these is a beam bridge? (a) pushes out on its ends (b) cables tied down at ends (c) a curve under the deck (d) a flat deck on piers
  16. 16.🌉 In a stone arch bridge, the stones are in … (a) no force (b) tension (c) compression (d) friction
  17. 17.True or false: “a log across a stream” is an arch bridge. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.🌉 Which bridge type: “the longest spans of all”? (a) beam bridge (b) arch bridge (c) suspension bridge
  19. 19.🌉 In a suspension bridge, the main cables are in … (a) friction (b) tension (c) no force (d) compression
  20. 20.🌉 Which bridge type: “cables tied down at ends”? (a) suspension bridge (b) beam bridge (c) arch bridge
  21. 21.Which of these is a suspension bridge? (a) a log across a stream (b) a flat deck on piers (c) deck hangs from cables (d) stones squeezed together
  22. 22.🌉 A beam bridge 550 m long rests on the two river banks and on piers in between, making equal spans of 50 m. How many piers 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 suspension bridge? (a) a flat deck on piers (b) the longest spans of all (c) a log across a stream (d) good for short gaps
  25. 25.🌉 Which bridge type: “tall towers hold cables”? (a) arch bridge (b) suspension bridge (c) beam bridge
  26. 26.Which of these is an arch bridge? (a) the longest spans of all (b) good for short gaps (c) pushes out on its ends (d) a rope bridge in hills
  27. 27.True or false: “a curve under the deck” is an arch bridge. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.🌉 A beam bridge is 200 m long. Piers split it into equal spans of 25 m. How many spans are there?
  29. 29.🌉 Which bridge type: “stones squeezed together”? (a) beam bridge (b) arch bridge (c) suspension bridge
  30. 30.🌉 A beam bridge 210 m long rests on the two river banks and on piers in between, making equal spans of 30 m. How many piers are there?
  31. 31.Which of these is a beam bridge? (a) a curve under the deck (b) the simplest bridge (c) a rope bridge in hills (d) deck hangs from cables
  32. 32.True or false: “the simplest bridge” is a suspension bridge. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.🌉 A beam bridge is 360 m long. Piers split it into equal spans of 30 m. How many spans are there?
  34. 34.🌉 Which bridge type: “deck hangs from cables”? (a) suspension bridge (b) arch bridge (c) beam bridge
  35. 35.True or false: “a flat deck on piers” is a suspension bridge. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🌉 A beam bridge 180 m long rests on the two river banks and on piers in between, making equal spans of 45 m. How many piers are there?
  37. 37.🌉 A beam bridge is 225 m long. Piers split it into equal spans of 45 m. How many spans are there?
  38. 38.True or false: “a rope bridge in hills” is a beam bridge. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: “a flat deck on piers” is a beam bridge. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.True or false: “a curve under the deck” is a suspension bridge. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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