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Types of Bridges Worksheet

Engineering lesson 20: Types of bridges · Set 741 · 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 curve under the deck”? (a) suspension bridge (b) arch bridge (c) beam bridge
  2. 2.True or false: “cables tied down at ends” is a suspension bridge. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.🌉 A beam bridge 150 m long rests on the two river banks and on piers in between, making equal spans of 30 m. How many piers are there?
  4. 4.True or false: “stones squeezed together” is a beam bridge. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.🌉 A beam bridge 60 m long rests on the two river banks and on piers in between, making equal spans of 15 m. How many piers are there?
  6. 6.True or false: “stones squeezed together” is an arch bridge. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.🌉 Which bridge type: “tall towers hold cables”? (a) suspension bridge (b) beam bridge (c) arch bridge
  8. 8.True or false: “the longest spans of all” is a suspension bridge. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.🌉 Which bridge type can cross the widest gap in one span? (a) suspension bridge (b) beam bridge (c) arch bridge (d) log bridge
  10. 10.Which of these is a beam bridge? (a) tall towers hold cables (b) a log across a stream (c) a curve under the deck (d) stones squeezed together
  11. 11.Which of these is an arch bridge? (a) a curve under the deck (b) the simplest bridge (c) deck hangs from cables (d) the longest spans of all
  12. 12.🌉 Which bridge type: “a rope bridge in hills”? (a) suspension bridge (b) beam bridge (c) arch bridge
  13. 13.Which of these is a beam bridge? (a) deck hangs from cables (b) good for short gaps (c) stones squeezed together (d) the longest spans of all
  14. 14.🌉 A beam bridge 80 m long rests on the two river banks and on piers in between, making equal spans of 10 m. How many piers are there?
  15. 15.Which of these is a suspension bridge? (a) a curve under the deck (b) a log across a stream (c) the simplest bridge (d) a rope bridge in hills
  16. 16.🌉 Which bridge type: “good for short gaps”? (a) suspension bridge (b) beam bridge (c) arch bridge
  17. 17.🌉 A beam bridge is 70 m long. Piers split it into equal spans of 10 m. How many spans are there?
  18. 18.🌉 A beam bridge 60 m long rests on the two river banks and on piers in between, making equal spans of 10 m. How many piers are there?
  19. 19.True or false: “a flat deck on piers” is a beam bridge. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.Which of these is an arch bridge? (a) a rope bridge in hills (b) good for short gaps (c) stones squeezed together (d) a log across a stream
  21. 21.🌉 What holds up a long beam bridge in the middle? (a) balloons (b) cables only (c) piers (d) nothing
  22. 22.🌉 Which bridge type: “a log across a stream”? (a) suspension bridge (b) beam bridge (c) arch bridge
  23. 23.True or false: “cables tied down at ends” is an arch bridge. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.🌉 A beam bridge is 75 m long. Piers split it into equal spans of 15 m. How many spans are there?
  25. 25.🌉 A beam bridge 20 m long is split by piers into 2 equal spans. How long is each span, in metres?
  26. 26.Which of these is an arch bridge? (a) deck hangs from cables (b) the longest spans of all (c) the simplest bridge (d) pushes out on its ends
  27. 27.🌉 In a suspension bridge, the main cables are in … (a) friction (b) compression (c) no force (d) tension
  28. 28.🌉 A beam bridge 400 m long is split by piers into 10 equal spans. How long is each span, in metres?
  29. 29.🌉 In a stone arch bridge, the stones are in … (a) friction (b) no force (c) compression (d) tension
  30. 30.True or false: “the longest spans of all” is an arch bridge. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.🌉 A beam bridge is 180 m long. Piers split it into equal spans of 45 m. How many spans are there?
  32. 32.🌉 A beam bridge 540 m long rests on the two river banks and on piers in between, making equal spans of 45 m. How many piers are there?
  33. 33.🌉 A beam bridge 30 m long is split by piers into 3 equal spans. How long is each span, in metres?
  34. 34.Which of these is a suspension bridge? (a) cables tied down at ends (b) a log across a stream (c) the simplest bridge (d) a flat deck on piers
  35. 35.True or false: “a curve under the deck” is a suspension bridge. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🌉 A beam bridge 400 m long rests on the two river banks and on piers in between, making equal spans of 50 m. How many piers are there?
  37. 37.🌉 Which bridge type: “deck hangs from cables”? (a) beam bridge (b) arch bridge (c) suspension bridge
  38. 38.Which of these is a suspension bridge? (a) tall towers hold cables (b) the simplest bridge (c) stones squeezed together (d) good for short gaps
  39. 39.🌉 Which bridge type: “the longest spans of all”? (a) beam bridge (b) arch bridge (c) suspension bridge
  40. 40.Which of these is a beam bridge? (a) the simplest bridge (b) stones squeezed together (c) tall towers hold cables (d) pushes out on its ends

Answer key

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

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