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Types of Bridges Worksheet

Engineering lesson 20: Types of bridges · Set 69 · 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: “cables tied down at ends”? (a) arch bridge (b) suspension bridge (c) beam bridge
  2. 2.🌉 In a stone arch bridge, the stones are in … (a) friction (b) tension (c) compression (d) no force
  3. 3.Which of these is an arch bridge? (a) the simplest bridge (b) a rope bridge in hills (c) a flat deck on piers (d) a curve under the deck
  4. 4.🌉 Which bridge type: “a curve under the deck”? (a) beam bridge (b) suspension bridge (c) arch bridge
  5. 5.True or false: “stones squeezed together” is an arch bridge. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.🌉 Which bridge type: “pushes out on its ends”? (a) arch bridge (b) suspension bridge (c) beam bridge
  7. 7.🌉 A beam bridge is 200 m long. Piers split it into equal spans of 40 m. How many spans are there?
  8. 8.True or false: “a log across a stream” is an arch bridge. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.🌉 Which bridge type: “good for short gaps”? (a) beam bridge (b) suspension bridge (c) arch bridge
  10. 10.Which of these is a beam bridge? (a) tall towers hold cables (b) a flat deck on piers (c) deck hangs from cables (d) the longest spans of all
  11. 11.🌉 A beam bridge 110 m long rests on the two river banks and on piers in between, making equal spans of 10 m. How many piers are there?
  12. 12.Which of these is a suspension bridge? (a) tall towers hold cables (b) the simplest bridge (c) stones squeezed together (d) a log across a stream
  13. 13.🌉 Which bridge type: “the simplest bridge”? (a) arch bridge (b) suspension bridge (c) beam bridge
  14. 14.True or false: “the simplest bridge” is a suspension bridge. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.🌉 Which bridge type can cross the widest gap in one span? (a) arch bridge (b) suspension bridge (c) beam bridge (d) log bridge
  16. 16.Which of these is a suspension bridge? (a) pushes out on its ends (b) stones squeezed together (c) good for short gaps (d) deck hangs from cables
  17. 17.True or false: “a rope bridge in hills” is a suspension bridge. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.Which of these is a suspension bridge? (a) stones squeezed together (b) cables tied down at ends (c) a curve under the deck (d) pushes out on its ends
  19. 19.🌉 Which bridge type: “tall towers hold cables”? (a) suspension bridge (b) arch bridge (c) beam bridge
  20. 20.🌉 Which bridge type: “a flat deck on piers”? (a) beam bridge (b) arch bridge (c) suspension bridge
  21. 21.🌉 Which bridge type: “the longest spans of all”? (a) beam bridge (b) suspension bridge (c) arch bridge
  22. 22.Which of these is a beam bridge? (a) tall towers hold cables (b) the longest spans of all (c) a log across a stream (d) stones squeezed together
  23. 23.True or false: “tall towers hold cables” is a beam bridge. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.🌉 A beam bridge is 120 m long. Piers split it into equal spans of 15 m. How many spans are there?
  25. 25.True or false: “the longest spans of all” is a beam bridge. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.🌉 A beam bridge 160 m long rests on the two river banks and on piers in between, making equal spans of 40 m. How many piers are there?
  27. 27.🌉 Which bridge type: “a rope bridge in hills”? (a) arch bridge (b) suspension bridge (c) beam bridge
  28. 28.🌉 A beam bridge is 90 m long. Piers split it into equal spans of 10 m. How many spans are there?
  29. 29.🌉 A beam bridge 90 m long rests on the two river banks and on piers in between, making equal spans of 45 m. How many piers are there?
  30. 30.True or false: “a flat deck on piers” is an arch bridge. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.True or false: “the longest spans of all” is a suspension bridge. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.🌉 In a suspension bridge, the main cables are in … (a) no force (b) compression (c) friction (d) tension
  33. 33.True or false: “the simplest bridge” is an arch bridge. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.True or false: “pushes out on its ends” is an arch bridge. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.🌉 A beam bridge 120 m long rests on the two river banks and on piers in between, making equal spans of 15 m. How many piers are there?
  36. 36.Which of these is a suspension bridge? (a) a log across a stream (b) pushes out on its ends (c) stones squeezed together (d) a rope bridge in hills
  37. 37.🌉 A beam bridge 270 m long rests on the two river banks and on piers in between, making equal spans of 45 m. How many piers are there?
  38. 38.True or false: “deck hangs from cables” is a suspension bridge. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.Which of these is an arch bridge? (a) good for short gaps (b) cables tied down at ends (c) a rope bridge in hills (d) pushes out on its ends
  40. 40.🌉 Which bridge type: “deck hangs from cables”? (a) suspension bridge (b) beam bridge (c) arch bridge

Answer key

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

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