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Types of Bridges Worksheet

Engineering lesson 20: Types of bridges · Set 570 · 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 rope bridge in hills”? (a) beam bridge (b) arch bridge (c) suspension bridge
  2. 2.🌉 Which bridge type: “the longest spans of all”? (a) beam bridge (b) arch bridge (c) suspension bridge
  3. 3.🌉 A beam bridge is 45 m long. Piers split it into equal spans of 15 m. How many spans are there?
  4. 4.🌉 What holds up a long beam bridge in the middle? (a) cables only (b) piers (c) balloons (d) nothing
  5. 5.🌉 A beam bridge is 495 m long. Piers split it into equal spans of 45 m. How many spans are there?
  6. 6.True or false: “deck hangs from cables” is a suspension bridge. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.🌉 A beam bridge is 90 m long. Piers split it into equal spans of 45 m. How many spans are there?
  8. 8.🌉 A beam bridge 320 m long is split by piers into 8 equal spans. How long is each span, in metres?
  9. 9.🌉 Which bridge type can cross the widest gap in one span? (a) arch bridge (b) suspension bridge (c) log bridge (d) beam bridge
  10. 10.True or false: “a flat deck on piers” is a suspension bridge. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.True or false: “tall towers hold cables” is a beam bridge. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.Which of these is an arch bridge? (a) tall towers hold cables (b) deck hangs from cables (c) the simplest bridge (d) pushes out on its ends
  13. 13.🌉 A beam bridge is 100 m long. Piers split it into equal spans of 20 m. How many spans are there?
  14. 14.🌉 A beam bridge 240 m long rests on the two river banks and on piers in between, making equal spans of 40 m. How many piers are there?
  15. 15.🌉 Which bridge type: “good for short gaps”? (a) suspension bridge (b) arch bridge (c) beam bridge
  16. 16.Which of these is a beam bridge? (a) pushes out on its ends (b) a rope bridge in hills (c) the longest spans of all (d) good for short gaps
  17. 17.Which of these is an arch bridge? (a) a log across a stream (b) a flat deck on piers (c) stones squeezed together (d) a rope bridge in hills
  18. 18.🌉 Which bridge type: “stones squeezed together”? (a) suspension bridge (b) beam bridge (c) arch bridge
  19. 19.Which of these is a suspension bridge? (a) stones squeezed together (b) the simplest bridge (c) a log across a stream (d) deck hangs from cables
  20. 20.🌉 Which bridge type: “tall towers hold cables”? (a) suspension bridge (b) arch bridge (c) beam bridge
  21. 21.True or false: “a rope bridge in hills” is an arch bridge. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.🌉 Which bridge type: “the simplest bridge”? (a) arch bridge (b) suspension bridge (c) beam bridge
  23. 23.Which of these is a suspension bridge? (a) the simplest bridge (b) a flat deck on piers (c) pushes out on its ends (d) cables tied down at ends
  24. 24.🌉 Which bridge type: “a curve under the deck”? (a) beam bridge (b) suspension bridge (c) arch bridge
  25. 25.🌉 In a stone arch bridge, the stones are in … (a) tension (b) friction (c) no force (d) compression
  26. 26.Which of these is an arch bridge? (a) a flat deck on piers (b) a rope bridge in hills (c) a curve under the deck (d) deck hangs from cables
  27. 27.Which of these is a suspension bridge? (a) a flat deck on piers (b) a rope bridge in hills (c) a log across a stream (d) a curve under the deck
  28. 28.🌉 A beam bridge 160 m long is split by piers into 4 equal spans. How long is each span, in metres?
  29. 29.🌉 A beam bridge is 150 m long. Piers split it into equal spans of 25 m. How many spans are there?
  30. 30.True or false: “a flat deck on piers” is a beam bridge. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.🌉 A beam bridge is 50 m long. Piers split it into equal spans of 25 m. How many spans are there?
  32. 32.🌉 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?
  33. 33.🌉 Which bridge type: “pushes out on its ends”? (a) suspension bridge (b) beam bridge (c) arch bridge
  34. 34.🌉 Which bridge type: “a log across a stream”? (a) suspension bridge (b) beam bridge (c) arch bridge
  35. 35.🌉 Which bridge type: “deck hangs from cables”? (a) arch bridge (b) suspension bridge (c) beam bridge
  36. 36.Which of these is a beam bridge? (a) a log across a stream (b) cables tied down at ends (c) pushes out on its ends (d) a rope bridge in hills
  37. 37.🌉 A beam bridge is 350 m long. Piers split it into equal spans of 35 m. How many spans are there?
  38. 38.True or false: “cables tied down at ends” is a suspension bridge. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: “a flat deck on piers” is an arch bridge. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.True or false: “a curve under the deck” is an arch bridge. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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