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Types of Bridges Worksheet

Engineering lesson 20: Types of bridges · Set 759 · 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) False (b) True
  2. 2.🌉 Which bridge type: “a flat deck on piers”? (a) arch bridge (b) beam bridge (c) suspension bridge
  3. 3.🌉 Which bridge type: “cables tied down at ends”? (a) suspension bridge (b) beam bridge (c) arch bridge
  4. 4.🌉 A beam bridge 400 m long rests on the two river banks and on piers in between, making equal spans of 40 m. How many piers are there?
  5. 5.Which of these is an arch bridge? (a) good for short gaps (b) the longest spans of all (c) a rope bridge in hills (d) a curve under the deck
  6. 6.🌉 Which bridge type: “the simplest bridge”? (a) arch bridge (b) suspension bridge (c) beam bridge
  7. 7.True or false: “a curve under the deck” is an arch bridge. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.🌉 Which bridge type can cross the widest gap in one span? (a) arch bridge (b) log bridge (c) beam bridge (d) suspension bridge
  9. 9.Which of these is an arch bridge? (a) a rope bridge in hills (b) good for short gaps (c) a log across a stream (d) pushes out on its ends
  10. 10.🌉 What holds up a long beam bridge in the middle? (a) nothing (b) balloons (c) cables only (d) piers
  11. 11.🌉 A beam bridge is 480 m long. Piers split it into equal spans of 40 m. How many spans are there?
  12. 12.🌉 In a suspension bridge, the main cables are in … (a) compression (b) no force (c) friction (d) tension
  13. 13.Which of these is a suspension bridge? (a) good for short gaps (b) a flat deck on piers (c) cables tied down at ends (d) a log across a stream
  14. 14.True or false: “stones squeezed together” is a beam bridge. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.Which of these is a beam bridge? (a) good for short gaps (b) deck hangs from cables (c) stones squeezed together (d) cables tied down at ends
  16. 16.True or false: “pushes out on its ends” is an arch bridge. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.True or false: “a log across a stream” is a suspension bridge. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.🌉 A beam bridge is 70 m long. Piers split it into equal spans of 35 m. How many spans are there?
  19. 19.True or false: “stones squeezed together” is an arch bridge. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.Which of these is a beam bridge? (a) the longest spans of all (b) the simplest bridge (c) pushes out on its ends (d) a rope bridge in hills
  21. 21.🌉 A beam bridge 135 m long is split by piers into 9 equal spans. How long is each span, in metres?
  22. 22.True or false: “the longest spans of all” is a suspension bridge. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.🌉 A beam bridge 280 m long rests on the two river banks and on piers in between, making equal spans of 35 m. How many piers are there?
  24. 24.🌉 Which bridge type: “good for short gaps”? (a) beam bridge (b) suspension bridge (c) arch bridge
  25. 25.🌉 A beam bridge 180 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.🌉 A beam bridge is 120 m long. Piers split it into equal spans of 40 m. How many spans are there?
  27. 27.🌉 A beam bridge 315 m long is split by piers into 9 equal spans. How long is each span, in metres?
  28. 28.True or false: “a rope bridge in hills” is a suspension bridge. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.Which of these is a beam bridge? (a) a rope bridge in hills (b) a flat deck on piers (c) deck hangs from cables (d) stones squeezed together
  30. 30.Which of these is an arch bridge? (a) good for short gaps (b) the simplest bridge (c) stones squeezed together (d) tall towers hold cables
  31. 31.Which of these is a suspension bridge? (a) a log across a stream (b) the simplest bridge (c) stones squeezed together (d) a rope bridge in hills
  32. 32.True or false: “deck hangs from cables” is a beam bridge. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.🌉 A beam bridge 200 m long rests on the two river banks and on piers in between, making equal spans of 50 m. How many piers are there?
  34. 34.True or false: “deck hangs from cables” is an arch bridge. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.🌉 Which bridge type: “a log across a stream”? (a) suspension bridge (b) beam bridge (c) arch bridge
  36. 36.🌉 Which bridge type: “tall towers hold cables”? (a) arch bridge (b) beam bridge (c) suspension bridge
  37. 37.🌉 Which bridge type: “the longest spans of all”? (a) arch bridge (b) beam bridge (c) suspension bridge
  38. 38.True or false: “deck hangs from cables” is a suspension bridge. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🌉 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?
  40. 40.True or false: “a log across a stream” is a beam bridge. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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