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Types of Bridges Worksheet

Engineering lesson 20: Types of bridges · Set 534 · 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) friction (b) tension (c) no force (d) compression
  2. 2.Which of these is an arch bridge? (a) a log across a stream (b) the simplest bridge (c) a curve under the deck (d) the longest spans of all
  3. 3.🌉 What holds up a long beam bridge in the middle? (a) balloons (b) nothing (c) cables only (d) piers
  4. 4.🌉 Which bridge type can cross the widest gap in one span? (a) log bridge (b) beam bridge (c) suspension bridge (d) arch bridge
  5. 5.🌉 Which bridge type: “cables tied down at ends”? (a) beam bridge (b) arch bridge (c) suspension bridge
  6. 6.Which of these is a beam bridge? (a) good for short gaps (b) deck hangs from cables (c) a rope bridge in hills (d) pushes out on its ends
  7. 7.Which of these is a beam bridge? (a) deck hangs from cables (b) a flat deck on piers (c) pushes out on its ends (d) cables tied down at ends
  8. 8.🌉 A beam bridge 150 m long rests on the two river banks and on piers in between, making equal spans of 15 m. How many piers are there?
  9. 9.True or false: “pushes out on its ends” is an arch bridge. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.True or false: “a flat deck on piers” is a suspension bridge. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.Which of these is a beam bridge? (a) pushes out on its ends (b) the longest spans of all (c) the simplest bridge (d) a rope bridge in hills
  12. 12.🌉 A beam bridge 40 m long rests on the two river banks and on piers in between, making equal spans of 10 m. How many piers are there?
  13. 13.Which of these is a suspension bridge? (a) stones squeezed together (b) a curve under the deck (c) tall towers hold cables (d) good for short gaps
  14. 14.Which of these is a beam bridge? (a) cables tied down at ends (b) a rope bridge in hills (c) deck hangs from cables (d) a log across a stream
  15. 15.Which of these is an arch bridge? (a) good for short gaps (b) pushes out on its ends (c) the simplest bridge (d) cables tied down at ends
  16. 16.🌉 Which bridge type: “pushes out on its ends”? (a) arch bridge (b) suspension bridge (c) beam bridge
  17. 17.🌉 A beam bridge is 330 m long. Piers split it into equal spans of 30 m. How many spans are there?
  18. 18.🌉 Which bridge type: “the longest spans of all”? (a) suspension bridge (b) beam bridge (c) arch bridge
  19. 19.True or false: “a log across a stream” is a beam bridge. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.True or false: “tall towers hold cables” is a suspension bridge. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.Which of these is a suspension bridge? (a) a flat deck on piers (b) deck hangs from cables (c) the simplest bridge (d) a log across a stream
  22. 22.Which of these is a suspension bridge? (a) cables tied down at ends (b) good for short gaps (c) a log across a stream (d) stones squeezed together
  23. 23.🌉 In a suspension bridge, the main cables are in … (a) compression (b) no force (c) tension (d) friction
  24. 24.True or false: “a curve under the deck” is an arch bridge. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.🌉 Which bridge type: “the simplest bridge”? (a) suspension bridge (b) beam bridge (c) arch bridge
  26. 26.True or false: “a log across a stream” is an arch bridge. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.Which of these is an arch bridge? (a) the longest spans of all (b) a flat deck on piers (c) the simplest bridge (d) stones squeezed together
  28. 28.True or false: “stones squeezed together” is an arch bridge. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.True or false: “a flat deck on piers” is a beam bridge. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.🌉 A beam bridge is 125 m long. Piers split it into equal spans of 25 m. How many spans are there?
  31. 31.🌉 A beam bridge 200 m long is split by piers into 8 equal spans. How long is each span, in metres?
  32. 32.🌉 A beam bridge is 220 m long. Piers split it into equal spans of 20 m. How many spans are there?
  33. 33.🌉 Which bridge type: “a curve under the deck”? (a) beam bridge (b) arch bridge (c) suspension bridge
  34. 34.True or false: “tall towers hold cables” is an arch bridge. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.🌉 A beam bridge 480 m long is split by piers into 12 equal spans. How long is each span, in metres?
  36. 36.Which of these is a suspension bridge? (a) a rope bridge in hills (b) the simplest bridge (c) good for short gaps (d) a curve under the deck
  37. 37.🌉 Which bridge type: “a log across a stream”? (a) beam bridge (b) arch bridge (c) suspension bridge
  38. 38.True or false: “a rope bridge in hills” is a suspension bridge. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🌉 Which bridge type: “a rope bridge in hills”? (a) arch bridge (b) suspension bridge (c) beam bridge
  40. 40.🌉 Which bridge type: “a flat deck on piers”? (a) arch bridge (b) suspension bridge (c) beam bridge

Answer key

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

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