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Types of Bridges Worksheet

Engineering lesson 20: Types of bridges · Set 665 · 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.🌉 A beam bridge 210 m long is split by piers into 7 equal spans. How long is each span, in metres?
  2. 2.🌉 Which bridge type: “deck hangs from cables”? (a) suspension bridge (b) arch bridge (c) beam bridge
  3. 3.🌉 Which bridge type: “good for short gaps”? (a) suspension bridge (b) arch bridge (c) beam bridge
  4. 4.🌉 What holds up a long beam bridge in the middle? (a) balloons (b) piers (c) cables only (d) nothing
  5. 5.Which of these is an arch bridge? (a) tall towers hold cables (b) a rope bridge in hills (c) cables tied down at ends (d) stones squeezed together
  6. 6.True or false: “good for short gaps” is a beam bridge. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.🌉 Which bridge type: “a log across a stream”? (a) suspension bridge (b) arch bridge (c) beam bridge
  8. 8.Which of these is a suspension bridge? (a) pushes out on its ends (b) a rope bridge in hills (c) a flat deck on piers (d) the simplest bridge
  9. 9.🌉 A beam bridge 60 m long is split by piers into 4 equal spans. How long is each span, in metres?
  10. 10.Which of these is a beam bridge? (a) a rope bridge in hills (b) a flat deck on piers (c) a curve under the deck (d) tall towers hold cables
  11. 11.True or false: “deck hangs from cables” is a suspension bridge. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.🌉 Which bridge type: “pushes out on its ends”? (a) arch bridge (b) beam bridge (c) suspension bridge
  13. 13.🌉 A beam bridge 300 m long rests on the two river banks and on piers in between, making equal spans of 25 m. How many piers are there?
  14. 14.Which of these is a beam bridge? (a) the longest spans of all (b) tall towers hold cables (c) a log across a stream (d) stones squeezed together
  15. 15.🌉 A beam bridge 50 m long rests on the two river banks and on piers in between, making equal spans of 25 m. How many piers are there?
  16. 16.🌉 A beam bridge is 480 m long. Piers split it into equal spans of 40 m. How many spans are there?
  17. 17.True or false: “pushes out on its ends” is an arch bridge. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.🌉 Which bridge type: “tall towers hold cables”? (a) arch bridge (b) suspension bridge (c) beam bridge
  19. 19.🌉 Which bridge type can cross the widest gap in one span? (a) beam bridge (b) arch bridge (c) log bridge (d) suspension bridge
  20. 20.True or false: “stones squeezed together” is an arch bridge. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.Which of these is a beam bridge? (a) the simplest bridge (b) tall towers hold cables (c) the longest spans of all (d) stones squeezed together
  22. 22.🌉 A beam bridge 30 m long is split by piers into 2 equal spans. How long is each span, in metres?
  23. 23.Which of these is a suspension bridge? (a) cables tied down at ends (b) a flat deck on piers (c) a curve under the deck (d) pushes out on its ends
  24. 24.🌉 A beam bridge 315 m long is split by piers into 9 equal spans. How long is each span, in metres?
  25. 25.🌉 A beam bridge 450 m long rests on the two river banks and on piers in between, making equal spans of 45 m. How many piers are there?
  26. 26.🌉 Which bridge type: “the simplest bridge”? (a) suspension bridge (b) arch bridge (c) beam bridge
  27. 27.🌉 Which bridge type: “stones squeezed together”? (a) arch bridge (b) beam bridge (c) suspension bridge
  28. 28.True or false: “the simplest bridge” is a suspension bridge. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.🌉 In a suspension bridge, the main cables are in … (a) friction (b) no force (c) tension (d) compression
  30. 30.🌉 A beam bridge 225 m long is split by piers into 9 equal spans. How long is each span, in metres?
  31. 31.🌉 In a stone arch bridge, the stones are in … (a) tension (b) friction (c) compression (d) no force
  32. 32.🌉 Which bridge type: “a flat deck on piers”? (a) arch bridge (b) suspension bridge (c) beam bridge
  33. 33.Which of these is an arch bridge? (a) tall towers hold cables (b) a curve under the deck (c) a log across a stream (d) a rope bridge in hills
  34. 34.Which of these is a suspension bridge? (a) a log across a stream (b) a flat deck on piers (c) a curve under the deck (d) the longest spans of all
  35. 35.True or false: “a log across a stream” is an arch bridge. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.Which of these is a beam bridge? (a) good for short gaps (b) pushes out on its ends (c) deck hangs from cables (d) stones squeezed together
  37. 37.🌉 A beam bridge is 100 m long. Piers split it into equal spans of 10 m. How many spans are there?
  38. 38.🌉 Which bridge type: “a rope bridge in hills”? (a) arch bridge (b) suspension bridge (c) beam bridge
  39. 39.🌉 A beam bridge 240 m long rests on the two river banks and on piers in between, making equal spans of 20 m. How many piers are there?
  40. 40.🌉 Which bridge type: “cables tied down at ends”? (a) suspension bridge (b) arch bridge (c) beam bridge

Answer key

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

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