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Types of Bridges Worksheet

Engineering lesson 20: Types of bridges · Set 612 · 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: “tall towers hold cables” is a suspension bridge. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.🌉 Which bridge type: “a curve under the deck”? (a) suspension bridge (b) beam bridge (c) arch bridge
  3. 3.🌉 Which bridge type: “stones squeezed together”? (a) suspension bridge (b) beam bridge (c) arch bridge
  4. 4.🌉 A beam bridge 175 m long is split by piers into 5 equal spans. How long is each span, in metres?
  5. 5.🌉 Which bridge type: “good for short gaps”? (a) arch bridge (b) beam bridge (c) suspension bridge
  6. 6.🌉 What holds up a long beam bridge in the middle? (a) piers (b) nothing (c) cables only (d) balloons
  7. 7.Which of these is an arch bridge? (a) the longest spans of all (b) stones squeezed together (c) a log across a stream (d) deck hangs from cables
  8. 8.🌉 Which bridge type: “cables tied down at ends”? (a) suspension bridge (b) beam bridge (c) arch bridge
  9. 9.🌉 Which bridge type: “a flat deck on piers”? (a) suspension bridge (b) arch bridge (c) beam bridge
  10. 10.🌉 Which bridge type can cross the widest gap in one span? (a) suspension bridge (b) log bridge (c) arch bridge (d) beam bridge
  11. 11.True or false: “cables tied down at ends” is a suspension bridge. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.Which of these is a suspension bridge? (a) a flat deck on piers (b) the simplest bridge (c) good for short gaps (d) tall towers hold cables
  13. 13.🌉 A beam bridge is 200 m long. Piers split it into equal spans of 40 m. How many spans are there?
  14. 14.Which of these is a beam bridge? (a) a rope bridge in hills (b) a curve under the deck (c) deck hangs from cables (d) the simplest bridge
  15. 15.🌉 Which bridge type: “pushes out on its ends”? (a) arch bridge (b) beam bridge (c) suspension bridge
  16. 16.🌉 In a suspension bridge, the main cables are in … (a) tension (b) no force (c) friction (d) compression
  17. 17.True or false: “good for short gaps” is a beam bridge. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.🌉 A beam bridge 225 m long is split by piers into 5 equal spans. How long is each span, in metres?
  19. 19.Which of these is a suspension bridge? (a) good for short gaps (b) a curve under the deck (c) stones squeezed together (d) a rope bridge in hills
  20. 20.True or false: “the longest spans of all” is a suspension bridge. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.🌉 A beam bridge is 30 m long. Piers split it into equal spans of 15 m. How many spans are there?
  22. 22.True or false: “pushes out on its ends” is a suspension bridge. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.Which of these is an arch bridge? (a) a rope bridge in hills (b) the longest spans of all (c) a flat deck on piers (d) a curve under the deck
  24. 24.True or false: “stones squeezed together” is a beam bridge. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.🌉 A beam bridge 150 m long is split by piers into 10 equal spans. How long is each span, in metres?
  26. 26.🌉 A beam bridge 315 m long rests on the two river banks and on piers in between, making equal spans of 35 m. How many piers are there?
  27. 27.True or false: “good for short gaps” is an arch bridge. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.True or false: “a log across a stream” is a suspension bridge. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🌉 Which bridge type: “the longest spans of all”? (a) arch bridge (b) beam bridge (c) suspension bridge
  30. 30.True or false: “the simplest bridge” is a suspension bridge. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.True or false: “a rope bridge in hills” is a suspension bridge. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.True or false: “cables tied down at ends” is a beam bridge. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.🌉 A beam bridge is 110 m long. Piers split it into equal spans of 10 m. How many spans are there?
  34. 34.True or false: “deck hangs from cables” is an arch bridge. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.🌉 A beam bridge 175 m long rests on the two river banks and on piers in between, making equal spans of 35 m. How many piers are there?
  36. 36.True or false: “the simplest bridge” is an arch bridge. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.Which of these is an arch bridge? (a) good for short gaps (b) deck hangs from cables (c) a log across a stream (d) pushes out on its ends
  38. 38.🌉 In a stone arch bridge, the stones are in … (a) tension (b) friction (c) no force (d) compression
  39. 39.🌉 A beam bridge 160 m long is split by piers into 4 equal spans. How long is each span, in metres?
  40. 40.Which of these is a suspension bridge? (a) a curve under the deck (b) stones squeezed together (c) the longest spans of all (d) a flat deck on piers

Answer key

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

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