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Types of Bridges Worksheet

Engineering lesson 20: Types of bridges · Set 566 · 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: “a curve under the deck”? (a) suspension bridge (b) arch bridge (c) beam bridge
  2. 2.True or false: “tall towers hold cables” is a suspension bridge. (a) True (b) False
  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 simplest bridge”? (a) suspension bridge (b) arch bridge (c) beam bridge
  5. 5.True or false: “the longest spans of all” is a beam bridge. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.🌉 Which bridge type: “deck hangs from cables”? (a) suspension bridge (b) arch bridge (c) beam bridge
  7. 7.True or false: “good for short gaps” is an arch bridge. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.🌉 A beam bridge 420 m long rests on the two river banks and on piers in between, making equal spans of 35 m. How many piers are there?
  9. 9.🌉 Which bridge type can cross the widest gap in one span? (a) beam bridge (b) log bridge (c) arch bridge (d) suspension bridge
  10. 10.🌉 A beam bridge 200 m long rests on the two river banks and on piers in between, making equal spans of 20 m. How many piers are there?
  11. 11.Which of these is a suspension bridge? (a) good for short gaps (b) stones squeezed together (c) pushes out on its ends (d) cables tied down at ends
  12. 12.🌉 In a suspension bridge, the main cables are in … (a) no force (b) compression (c) tension (d) friction
  13. 13.Which of these is a beam bridge? (a) tall towers hold cables (b) a flat deck on piers (c) the longest spans of all (d) stones squeezed together
  14. 14.🌉 In a stone arch bridge, the stones are in … (a) compression (b) tension (c) no force (d) friction
  15. 15.🌉 Which bridge type: “tall towers hold cables”? (a) suspension bridge (b) arch bridge (c) beam bridge
  16. 16.🌉 What holds up a long beam bridge in the middle? (a) balloons (b) cables only (c) piers (d) nothing
  17. 17.True or false: “good for short gaps” is a beam bridge. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.True or false: “a flat deck on piers” is an arch bridge. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.🌉 A beam bridge is 320 m long. Piers split it into equal spans of 40 m. How many spans are there?
  20. 20.Which of these is a beam bridge? (a) cables tied down at ends (b) good for short gaps (c) pushes out on its ends (d) a curve under the deck
  21. 21.🌉 A beam bridge 160 m long is split by piers into 8 equal spans. How long is each span, in metres?
  22. 22.🌉 A beam bridge 330 m long is split by piers into 11 equal spans. How long is each span, in metres?
  23. 23.🌉 Which bridge type: “stones squeezed together”? (a) beam bridge (b) suspension bridge (c) arch bridge
  24. 24.🌉 Which bridge type: “a flat deck on piers”? (a) arch bridge (b) suspension bridge (c) beam bridge
  25. 25.True or false: “a flat deck on piers” is a beam bridge. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.True or false: “stones squeezed together” is an arch bridge. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.🌉 Which bridge type: “the longest spans of all”? (a) arch bridge (b) beam bridge (c) suspension bridge
  28. 28.Which of these is an arch bridge? (a) a flat deck on piers (b) cables tied down at ends (c) deck hangs from cables (d) stones squeezed together
  29. 29.True or false: “cables tied down at ends” is a beam bridge. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.🌉 Which bridge type: “a log across a stream”? (a) suspension bridge (b) beam bridge (c) arch bridge
  31. 31.True or false: “cables tied down at ends” is a suspension bridge. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.True or false: “deck hangs from cables” is a suspension bridge. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.Which of these is a beam bridge? (a) pushes out on its ends (b) deck hangs from cables (c) the simplest bridge (d) tall towers hold cables
  34. 34.🌉 A beam bridge 225 m long rests on the two river banks and on piers in between, making equal spans of 25 m. How many piers are there?
  35. 35.🌉 Which bridge type: “cables tied down at ends”? (a) arch bridge (b) suspension bridge (c) beam bridge
  36. 36.🌉 A beam bridge 100 m long rests on the two river banks and on piers in between, making equal spans of 20 m. How many piers are there?
  37. 37.True or false: “tall towers hold cables” is a beam bridge. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.Which of these is a beam bridge? (a) stones squeezed together (b) a log across a stream (c) a curve under the deck (d) deck hangs from cables
  39. 39.🌉 Which bridge type: “a rope bridge in hills”? (a) suspension bridge (b) arch bridge (c) beam bridge
  40. 40.🌉 A beam bridge 135 m long is split by piers into 9 equal spans. How long is each span, in metres?

Answer key

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

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