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Types of Bridges Worksheet

Engineering lesson 20: Types of bridges · Set 538 · 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: “tall towers hold cables”? (a) beam bridge (b) arch bridge (c) suspension bridge
  2. 2.🌉 A beam bridge is 60 m long. Piers split it into equal spans of 30 m. How many spans are there?
  3. 3.🌉 Which bridge type: “pushes out on its ends”? (a) arch bridge (b) beam bridge (c) suspension bridge
  4. 4.🌉 Which bridge type: “the longest spans of all”? (a) suspension bridge (b) beam bridge (c) arch bridge
  5. 5.True or false: “a rope bridge in hills” is an arch bridge. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.🌉 In a stone arch bridge, the stones are in … (a) no force (b) tension (c) friction (d) compression
  7. 7.🌉 A beam bridge is 400 m long. Piers split it into equal spans of 40 m. How many spans are there?
  8. 8.🌉 Which bridge type: “deck hangs from cables”? (a) suspension bridge (b) arch bridge (c) beam bridge
  9. 9.🌉 What holds up a long beam bridge in the middle? (a) balloons (b) cables only (c) piers (d) nothing
  10. 10.🌉 Which bridge type: “a curve under the deck”? (a) beam bridge (b) suspension bridge (c) arch bridge
  11. 11.Which of these is an arch bridge? (a) deck hangs from cables (b) the longest spans of all (c) a log across a stream (d) a curve under the deck
  12. 12.🌉 Which bridge type can cross the widest gap in one span? (a) arch bridge (b) suspension bridge (c) log bridge (d) beam bridge
  13. 13.🌉 A beam bridge is 50 m long. Piers split it into equal spans of 10 m. How many spans are there?
  14. 14.True or false: “cables tied down at ends” is a beam bridge. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.True or false: “a log across a stream” is an arch bridge. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.🌉 A beam bridge 405 m long is split by piers into 9 equal spans. How long is each span, in metres?
  17. 17.Which of these is a suspension bridge? (a) good for short gaps (b) deck hangs from cables (c) pushes out on its ends (d) the simplest bridge
  18. 18.🌉 A beam bridge is 240 m long. Piers split it into equal spans of 20 m. How many spans are there?
  19. 19.🌉 Which bridge type: “a flat deck on piers”? (a) arch bridge (b) beam bridge (c) suspension bridge
  20. 20.Which of these is an arch bridge? (a) cables tied down at ends (b) pushes out on its ends (c) the simplest bridge (d) a rope bridge in hills
  21. 21.True or false: “a flat deck on piers” is a beam bridge. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.🌉 Which bridge type: “the simplest bridge”? (a) beam bridge (b) suspension bridge (c) arch bridge
  23. 23.Which of these is an arch bridge? (a) a log across a stream (b) deck hangs from cables (c) stones squeezed together (d) good for short gaps
  24. 24.True or false: “good for short gaps” is a suspension bridge. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.🌉 Which bridge type: “cables tied down at ends”? (a) beam bridge (b) suspension bridge (c) arch bridge
  26. 26.Which of these is a beam bridge? (a) stones squeezed together (b) cables tied down at ends (c) the longest spans of all (d) the simplest bridge
  27. 27.🌉 A beam bridge is 225 m long. Piers split it into equal spans of 25 m. How many spans are there?
  28. 28.True or false: “a flat deck on piers” is a suspension bridge. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.True or false: “a rope bridge in hills” is a suspension bridge. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.🌉 A beam bridge 105 m long rests on the two river banks and on piers in between, making equal spans of 15 m. How many piers are there?
  31. 31.Which of these is a suspension bridge? (a) a log across a stream (b) cables tied down at ends (c) the simplest bridge (d) stones squeezed together
  32. 32.True or false: “deck hangs from cables” is a suspension bridge. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.🌉 Which bridge type: “a log across a stream”? (a) suspension bridge (b) beam bridge (c) arch bridge
  34. 34.🌉 A beam bridge 200 m long is split by piers into 4 equal spans. How long is each span, in metres?
  35. 35.True or false: “a log across a stream” is a suspension bridge. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🌉 A beam bridge 90 m long is split by piers into 9 equal spans. How long is each span, in metres?
  37. 37.🌉 A beam bridge is 40 m long. Piers split it into equal spans of 20 m. How many spans are there?
  38. 38.🌉 Which bridge type: “a rope bridge in hills”? (a) suspension bridge (b) beam bridge (c) arch bridge
  39. 39.Which of these is a beam bridge? (a) the longest spans of all (b) good for short gaps (c) a rope bridge in hills (d) cables tied down at ends
  40. 40.🌉 A beam bridge 100 m long rests on the two river banks and on piers in between, making equal spans of 10 m. How many piers are there?

Answer key

  1. suspension bridge
  2. 2
  3. arch bridge
  4. suspension bridge
  5. False
  6. compression
  7. 10
  8. suspension bridge
  9. piers
  10. arch bridge
  11. a curve under the deck
  12. suspension bridge
  13. 5
  14. False
  15. False
  16. 45
  17. deck hangs from cables
  18. 12
  19. beam bridge
  20. pushes out on its ends
  21. True
  22. beam bridge
  23. stones squeezed together
  24. False
  25. suspension bridge
  26. the simplest bridge
  27. 9
  28. False
  29. True
  30. 6
  31. cables tied down at ends
  32. True
  33. beam bridge
  34. 50
  35. False
  36. 10
  37. 2
  38. suspension bridge
  39. good for short gaps
  40. 9

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