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Types of Bridges Worksheet

Engineering lesson 20: Types of bridges · Set 517 · 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.True or false: “good for short gaps” is a beam bridge. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.🌉 Which bridge type can cross the widest gap in one span? (a) beam bridge (b) suspension bridge (c) log bridge (d) arch bridge
  3. 3.Which of these is a beam bridge? (a) pushes out on its ends (b) tall towers hold cables (c) a flat deck on piers (d) cables tied down at ends
  4. 4.🌉 In a suspension bridge, the main cables are in … (a) friction (b) tension (c) compression (d) no force
  5. 5.🌉 Which bridge type: “a flat deck on piers”? (a) beam bridge (b) arch bridge (c) suspension bridge
  6. 6.🌉 Which bridge type: “pushes out on its ends”? (a) arch bridge (b) beam bridge (c) suspension bridge
  7. 7.🌉 Which bridge type: “a curve under the deck”? (a) beam bridge (b) suspension bridge (c) arch bridge
  8. 8.🌉 What holds up a long beam bridge in the middle? (a) nothing (b) piers (c) cables only (d) balloons
  9. 9.Which of these is a suspension bridge? (a) deck hangs from cables (b) the simplest bridge (c) pushes out on its ends (d) a log across a stream
  10. 10.🌉 Which bridge type: “a rope bridge in hills”? (a) suspension bridge (b) beam bridge (c) arch bridge
  11. 11.🌉 A beam bridge 60 m long rests on the two river banks and on piers in between, making equal spans of 15 m. How many piers are there?
  12. 12.🌉 A beam bridge is 100 m long. Piers split it into equal spans of 10 m. How many spans are there?
  13. 13.🌉 Which bridge type: “stones squeezed together”? (a) suspension bridge (b) beam bridge (c) arch bridge
  14. 14.Which of these is an arch bridge? (a) cables tied down at ends (b) the longest spans of all (c) good for short gaps (d) pushes out on its ends
  15. 15.🌉 Which bridge type: “a log across a stream”? (a) suspension bridge (b) arch bridge (c) beam bridge
  16. 16.True or false: “a rope bridge in hills” is a suspension bridge. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.Which of these is a suspension bridge? (a) a flat deck on piers (b) a curve under the deck (c) the simplest bridge (d) a rope bridge in hills
  18. 18.True or false: “cables tied down at ends” is a suspension bridge. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.🌉 A beam bridge is 240 m long. Piers split it into equal spans of 20 m. How many spans are there?
  20. 20.Which of these is a beam bridge? (a) a curve under the deck (b) pushes out on its ends (c) a rope bridge in hills (d) the simplest bridge
  21. 21.🌉 A beam bridge 350 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.True or false: “the simplest bridge” is an arch bridge. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.True or false: “tall towers hold cables” is a suspension bridge. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.True or false: “a log across a stream” is a beam bridge. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.True or false: “a rope bridge in hills” is an arch bridge. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.True or false: “deck hangs from cables” is a beam bridge. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.🌉 A beam bridge 75 m long rests on the two river banks and on piers in between, making equal spans of 25 m. How many piers are there?
  28. 28.🌉 A beam bridge is 360 m long. Piers split it into equal spans of 40 m. How many spans are there?
  29. 29.True or false: “the longest spans of all” is a beam bridge. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.Which of these is an arch bridge? (a) good for short gaps (b) cables tied down at ends (c) a rope bridge in hills (d) stones squeezed together
  31. 31.Which of these is a beam bridge? (a) cables tied down at ends (b) a rope bridge in hills (c) good for short gaps (d) a curve under the deck
  32. 32.Which of these is a suspension bridge? (a) good for short gaps (b) tall towers hold cables (c) a log across a stream (d) the simplest bridge
  33. 33.True or false: “tall towers hold cables” is a beam bridge. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.🌉 A beam bridge 270 m long is split by piers into 6 equal spans. How long is each span, in metres?
  35. 35.🌉 Which bridge type: “good for short gaps”? (a) beam bridge (b) suspension bridge (c) arch bridge
  36. 36.True or false: “pushes out on its ends” is a beam bridge. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.True or false: “a rope bridge in hills” is a beam bridge. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.🌉 A beam bridge 120 m long is split by piers into 12 equal spans. How long is each span, in metres?
  39. 39.True or false: “a curve under the deck” is an arch bridge. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🌉 Which bridge type: “the simplest bridge”? (a) beam bridge (b) suspension bridge (c) arch bridge

Answer key

  1. True
  2. suspension bridge
  3. a flat deck on piers
  4. tension
  5. beam bridge
  6. arch bridge
  7. arch bridge
  8. piers
  9. deck hangs from cables
  10. suspension bridge
  11. 3
  12. 10
  13. arch bridge
  14. pushes out on its ends
  15. beam bridge
  16. True
  17. a rope bridge in hills
  18. True
  19. 12
  20. the simplest bridge
  21. 6
  22. False
  23. True
  24. True
  25. False
  26. False
  27. 2
  28. 9
  29. False
  30. stones squeezed together
  31. good for short gaps
  32. tall towers hold cables
  33. False
  34. 45
  35. beam bridge
  36. False
  37. False
  38. 10
  39. True
  40. beam bridge

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