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Types of Bridges Worksheet

Engineering lesson 20: Types of bridges · Set 515 · 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.🌉 What holds up a long beam bridge in the middle? (a) cables only (b) piers (c) nothing (d) balloons
  2. 2.🌉 Which bridge type: “stones squeezed together”? (a) suspension bridge (b) beam bridge (c) arch bridge
  3. 3.Which of these is a suspension bridge? (a) a curve under the deck (b) tall towers hold cables (c) a flat deck on piers (d) the simplest bridge
  4. 4.True or false: “cables tied down at ends” is a beam bridge. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.🌉 A beam bridge 70 m long is split by piers into 7 equal spans. How long is each span, in metres?
  6. 6.True or false: “a flat deck on piers” is a beam bridge. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.Which of these is an arch bridge? (a) a log across a stream (b) the simplest bridge (c) a flat deck on piers (d) a curve under the deck
  8. 8.🌉 Which bridge type: “a flat deck on piers”? (a) suspension bridge (b) beam bridge (c) arch bridge
  9. 9.🌉 Which bridge type: “the longest spans of all”? (a) beam bridge (b) suspension bridge (c) arch bridge
  10. 10.🌉 A beam bridge is 105 m long. Piers split it into equal spans of 35 m. How many spans are there?
  11. 11.🌉 A beam bridge 100 m long is split by piers into 4 equal spans. How long is each span, in metres?
  12. 12.🌉 In a suspension bridge, the main cables are in … (a) tension (b) compression (c) no force (d) friction
  13. 13.🌉 Which bridge type: “good for short gaps”? (a) beam bridge (b) arch bridge (c) suspension bridge
  14. 14.🌉 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?
  15. 15.Which of these is a suspension bridge? (a) a flat deck on piers (b) the simplest bridge (c) deck hangs from cables (d) a curve under the deck
  16. 16.True or false: “deck hangs from cables” is a suspension bridge. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.Which of these is a beam bridge? (a) a log across a stream (b) cables tied down at ends (c) stones squeezed together (d) deck hangs from cables
  18. 18.🌉 In a stone arch bridge, the stones are in … (a) no force (b) friction (c) tension (d) compression
  19. 19.🌉 Which bridge type: “pushes out on its ends”? (a) beam bridge (b) arch bridge (c) suspension bridge
  20. 20.🌉 A beam bridge is 120 m long. Piers split it into equal spans of 20 m. How many spans are there?
  21. 21.🌉 Which bridge type: “the simplest bridge”? (a) arch bridge (b) beam bridge (c) suspension bridge
  22. 22.True or false: “pushes out on its ends” is a beam bridge. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.🌉 Which bridge type: “a log across a stream”? (a) beam bridge (b) suspension bridge (c) arch bridge
  24. 24.🌉 Which bridge type: “tall towers hold cables”? (a) suspension bridge (b) beam bridge (c) arch bridge
  25. 25.True or false: “stones squeezed together” is a beam bridge. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.🌉 Which bridge type can cross the widest gap in one span? (a) beam bridge (b) arch bridge (c) log bridge (d) suspension bridge
  27. 27.True or false: “good for short gaps” is an arch bridge. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.True or false: “good for short gaps” is a beam bridge. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.True or false: “a curve under the deck” is a beam bridge. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.🌉 A beam bridge is 60 m long. Piers split it into equal spans of 10 m. How many spans are there?
  31. 31.🌉 Which bridge type: “deck hangs from cables”? (a) beam bridge (b) suspension bridge (c) arch bridge
  32. 32.True or false: “a log across a stream” is a beam bridge. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.🌉 A beam bridge 70 m long is split by piers into 2 equal spans. How long is each span, in metres?
  34. 34.Which of these is an arch bridge? (a) a log across a stream (b) stones squeezed together (c) the simplest bridge (d) good for short gaps
  35. 35.🌉 A beam bridge 150 m long is split by piers into 10 equal spans. How long is each span, in metres?
  36. 36.🌉 A beam bridge 50 m long is split by piers into 5 equal spans. How long is each span, in metres?
  37. 37.🌉 A beam bridge 90 m long rests on the two river banks and on piers in between, making equal spans of 10 m. How many piers are there?
  38. 38.Which of these is an arch bridge? (a) a rope bridge in hills (b) a flat deck on piers (c) pushes out on its ends (d) a log across a stream
  39. 39.True or false: “pushes out on its ends” is an arch bridge. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.Which of these is a beam bridge? (a) the longest spans of all (b) good for short gaps (c) cables tied down at ends (d) stones squeezed together

Answer key

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

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