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Types of Bridges Worksheet

Engineering lesson 20: Types of bridges · Set 50 · 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: “the simplest bridge”? (a) suspension bridge (b) beam bridge (c) arch bridge
  2. 2.🌉 A beam bridge 80 m long rests on the two river banks and on piers in between, making equal spans of 20 m. How many piers are there?
  3. 3.True or false: “stones squeezed together” is a suspension bridge. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.🌉 In a stone arch bridge, the stones are in … (a) tension (b) compression (c) friction (d) no force
  5. 5.🌉 Which bridge type: “pushes out on its ends”? (a) arch bridge (b) suspension bridge (c) beam bridge
  6. 6.🌉 Which bridge type: “good for short gaps”? (a) beam bridge (b) suspension bridge (c) arch bridge
  7. 7.🌉 Which bridge type: “a curve under the deck”? (a) beam bridge (b) suspension bridge (c) arch bridge
  8. 8.Which of these is a suspension bridge? (a) deck hangs from cables (b) stones squeezed together (c) a flat deck on piers (d) a log across a stream
  9. 9.🌉 Which bridge type: “deck hangs from cables”? (a) arch bridge (b) suspension bridge (c) beam bridge
  10. 10.🌉 Which bridge type: “the longest spans of all”? (a) arch bridge (b) suspension bridge (c) beam bridge
  11. 11.Which of these is an arch bridge? (a) tall towers hold cables (b) cables tied down at ends (c) a curve under the deck (d) a rope bridge in hills
  12. 12.True or false: “cables tied down at ends” is a suspension bridge. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.🌉 What holds up a long beam bridge in the middle? (a) balloons (b) nothing (c) piers (d) cables only
  14. 14.True or false: “a log across a stream” is a beam bridge. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.🌉 Which bridge type: “stones squeezed together”? (a) arch bridge (b) beam bridge (c) suspension bridge
  16. 16.Which of these is an arch bridge? (a) good for short gaps (b) the longest spans of all (c) pushes out on its ends (d) a log across a stream
  17. 17.Which of these is an arch bridge? (a) cables tied down at ends (b) a flat deck on piers (c) the simplest bridge (d) stones squeezed together
  18. 18.🌉 In a suspension bridge, the main cables are in … (a) tension (b) compression (c) no force (d) friction
  19. 19.🌉 Which bridge type can cross the widest gap in one span? (a) suspension bridge (b) arch bridge (c) beam bridge (d) log bridge
  20. 20.Which of these is a beam bridge? (a) good for short gaps (b) a curve under the deck (c) deck hangs from cables (d) stones squeezed together
  21. 21.🌉 A beam bridge 600 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 bridge type: “cables tied down at ends”? (a) beam bridge (b) suspension bridge (c) arch bridge
  23. 23.True or false: “the longest spans of all” is an arch bridge. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.True or false: “a rope bridge in hills” is a suspension bridge. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.True or false: “deck hangs from cables” is a suspension bridge. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.Which of these is a suspension bridge? (a) the simplest bridge (b) tall towers hold cables (c) a curve under the deck (d) a log across a stream
  27. 27.Which of these is a beam bridge? (a) tall towers hold cables (b) the simplest bridge (c) a curve under the deck (d) the longest spans of all
  28. 28.Which of these is a suspension bridge? (a) a flat deck on piers (b) a rope bridge in hills (c) a log across a stream (d) pushes out on its ends
  29. 29.True or false: “a flat deck on piers” is a beam bridge. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.🌉 A beam bridge 120 m long is split by piers into 3 equal spans. How long is each span, in metres?
  31. 31.True or false: “pushes out on its ends” is a beam bridge. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.True or false: “the longest spans of all” is a suspension bridge. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.🌉 A beam bridge 330 m long rests on the two river banks and on piers in between, making equal spans of 30 m. How many piers are there?
  34. 34.Which of these is a beam bridge? (a) a log across a stream (b) cables tied down at ends (c) deck hangs from cables (d) a curve under the deck
  35. 35.True or false: “a rope bridge in hills” is a beam bridge. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.Which of these is a suspension bridge? (a) a flat deck on piers (b) the simplest bridge (c) a log across a stream (d) cables tied down at ends
  37. 37.🌉 Which bridge type: “a flat deck on piers”? (a) arch bridge (b) suspension bridge (c) beam bridge
  38. 38.True or false: “a log across a stream” is an arch bridge. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🌉 A beam bridge 350 m long rests on the two river banks and on piers in between, making equal spans of 35 m. How many piers are there?
  40. 40.True or false: “deck hangs from cables” is an arch bridge. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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