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Types of Bridges Worksheet

Engineering lesson 20: Types of bridges · Set 66 · 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 20 m long rests on the two river banks and on piers in between, making equal spans of 10 m. How many piers are there?
  3. 3.Which of these is a suspension bridge? (a) deck hangs from cables (b) a curve under the deck (c) stones squeezed together (d) a log across a stream
  4. 4.🌉 In a stone arch bridge, the stones are in … (a) friction (b) tension (c) no force (d) compression
  5. 5.🌉 Which bridge type: “a curve under the deck”? (a) arch bridge (b) suspension bridge (c) beam bridge
  6. 6.🌉 Which bridge type: “a flat deck on piers”? (a) suspension bridge (b) arch bridge (c) beam bridge
  7. 7.🌉 Which bridge type can cross the widest gap in one span? (a) log bridge (b) beam bridge (c) suspension bridge (d) arch bridge
  8. 8.🌉 Which bridge type: “cables tied down at ends”? (a) arch bridge (b) suspension bridge (c) beam bridge
  9. 9.🌉 A beam bridge 220 m long is split by piers into 11 equal spans. How long is each span, in metres?
  10. 10.True or false: “a rope bridge in hills” is an arch bridge. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.Which of these is a beam bridge? (a) pushes out on its ends (b) the simplest bridge (c) the longest spans of all (d) tall towers hold cables
  12. 12.Which of these is an arch bridge? (a) a log across a stream (b) stones squeezed together (c) a rope bridge in hills (d) cables tied down at ends
  13. 13.🌉 Which bridge type: “good for short gaps”? (a) arch bridge (b) suspension bridge (c) beam bridge
  14. 14.🌉 Which bridge type: “a log across a stream”? (a) suspension bridge (b) beam bridge (c) arch bridge
  15. 15.True or false: “stones squeezed together” is an arch bridge. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.🌉 Which bridge type: “a rope bridge in hills”? (a) suspension bridge (b) beam bridge (c) arch bridge
  17. 17.Which of these is a suspension bridge? (a) good for short gaps (b) cables tied down at ends (c) a log across a stream (d) a flat deck on piers
  18. 18.True or false: “the simplest bridge” is a beam bridge. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.🌉 Which bridge type: “the simplest bridge”? (a) arch bridge (b) suspension bridge (c) beam bridge
  20. 20.True or false: “a flat deck on piers” is an arch bridge. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.🌉 Which bridge type: “pushes out on its ends”? (a) beam bridge (b) suspension bridge (c) arch bridge
  22. 22.🌉 A beam bridge 250 m long rests on the two river banks and on piers in between, making equal spans of 50 m. How many piers are there?
  23. 23.True or false: “the longest spans of all” is a suspension bridge. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.🌉 In a suspension bridge, the main cables are in … (a) compression (b) tension (c) no force (d) friction
  25. 25.🌉 A beam bridge 360 m long rests on the two river banks and on piers in between, making equal spans of 40 m. How many piers are there?
  26. 26.🌉 Which bridge type: “the longest spans of all”? (a) beam bridge (b) suspension bridge (c) arch bridge
  27. 27.🌉 What holds up a long beam bridge in the middle? (a) balloons (b) nothing (c) cables only (d) piers
  28. 28.🌉 Which bridge type: “stones squeezed together”? (a) arch bridge (b) suspension bridge (c) beam bridge
  29. 29.🌉 Which bridge type: “deck hangs from cables”? (a) arch bridge (b) beam bridge (c) suspension bridge
  30. 30.Which of these is a beam bridge? (a) stones squeezed together (b) a curve under the deck (c) a log across a stream (d) the longest spans of all
  31. 31.True or false: “deck hangs from cables” is a beam bridge. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.🌉 A beam bridge is 150 m long. Piers split it into equal spans of 50 m. How many spans are there?
  33. 33.🌉 A beam bridge 450 m long is split by piers into 9 equal spans. How long is each span, in metres?
  34. 34.True or false: “the longest spans of all” is an arch bridge. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.🌉 A beam bridge 150 m long rests on the two river banks and on piers in between, making equal spans of 50 m. How many piers are there?
  36. 36.True or false: “a curve under the deck” is an arch bridge. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.True or false: “tall towers hold cables” is an arch bridge. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.🌉 A beam bridge is 140 m long. Piers split it into equal spans of 20 m. How many spans are there?
  39. 39.🌉 A beam bridge is 280 m long. Piers split it into equal spans of 40 m. How many spans are there?
  40. 40.Which of these is a suspension bridge? (a) a rope bridge in hills (b) the simplest bridge (c) a log across a stream (d) stones squeezed together

Answer key

  1. suspension bridge
  2. 1
  3. deck hangs from cables
  4. compression
  5. arch bridge
  6. beam bridge
  7. suspension bridge
  8. suspension bridge
  9. 20
  10. False
  11. the simplest bridge
  12. stones squeezed together
  13. beam bridge
  14. beam bridge
  15. True
  16. suspension bridge
  17. cables tied down at ends
  18. True
  19. beam bridge
  20. False
  21. arch bridge
  22. 4
  23. True
  24. tension
  25. 8
  26. suspension bridge
  27. piers
  28. arch bridge
  29. suspension bridge
  30. a log across a stream
  31. False
  32. 3
  33. 50
  34. False
  35. 2
  36. True
  37. False
  38. 7
  39. 7
  40. a rope bridge in hills

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