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Types of Bridges Worksheet

Engineering lesson 20: Types of bridges · Set 820 · 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 of these is a suspension bridge? (a) a log across a stream (b) good for short gaps (c) a flat deck on piers (d) cables tied down at ends
  2. 2.🌉 Which bridge type: “a flat deck on piers”? (a) arch bridge (b) suspension bridge (c) beam bridge
  3. 3.🌉 Which bridge type: “stones squeezed together”? (a) suspension bridge (b) beam bridge (c) arch bridge
  4. 4.🌉 Which bridge type can cross the widest gap in one span? (a) arch bridge (b) beam bridge (c) suspension bridge (d) log bridge
  5. 5.🌉 Which bridge type: “pushes out on its ends”? (a) suspension bridge (b) beam bridge (c) arch bridge
  6. 6.🌉 A beam bridge 175 m long rests on the two river banks and on piers in between, making equal spans of 35 m. How many piers are there?
  7. 7.🌉 In a stone arch bridge, the stones are in … (a) tension (b) compression (c) friction (d) no force
  8. 8.Which of these is an arch bridge? (a) a curve under the deck (b) good for short gaps (c) a log across a stream (d) a rope bridge in hills
  9. 9.True or false: “pushes out on its ends” is a suspension bridge. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.🌉 A beam bridge 40 m long rests on the two river banks and on piers in between, making equal spans of 20 m. How many piers are there?
  11. 11.🌉 Which bridge type: “tall towers hold cables”? (a) arch bridge (b) beam bridge (c) suspension bridge
  12. 12.🌉 In a suspension bridge, the main cables are in … (a) friction (b) no force (c) tension (d) compression
  13. 13.True or false: “a log across a stream” is a beam bridge. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.Which of these is a suspension bridge? (a) the longest spans of all (b) a flat deck on piers (c) a log across a stream (d) stones squeezed together
  15. 15.🌉 Which bridge type: “cables tied down at ends”? (a) arch bridge (b) beam bridge (c) suspension bridge
  16. 16.🌉 A beam bridge is 30 m long. Piers split it into equal spans of 15 m. How many spans are there?
  17. 17.Which of these is a beam bridge? (a) a rope bridge in hills (b) stones squeezed together (c) the simplest bridge (d) pushes out on its ends
  18. 18.🌉 Which bridge type: “good for short gaps”? (a) arch bridge (b) suspension bridge (c) beam bridge
  19. 19.🌉 A beam bridge is 135 m long. Piers split it into equal spans of 15 m. How many spans are there?
  20. 20.🌉 A beam bridge 240 m long rests on the two river banks and on piers in between, making equal spans of 30 m. How many piers are there?
  21. 21.True or false: “deck hangs from cables” is a suspension bridge. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.Which of these is a beam bridge? (a) the longest spans of all (b) pushes out on its ends (c) a curve under the deck (d) good for short gaps
  23. 23.🌉 What holds up a long beam bridge in the middle? (a) nothing (b) piers (c) cables only (d) balloons
  24. 24.🌉 Which bridge type: “a curve under the deck”? (a) beam bridge (b) arch bridge (c) suspension bridge
  25. 25.True or false: “tall towers hold cables” is an arch bridge. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.🌉 A beam bridge is 120 m long. Piers split it into equal spans of 15 m. How many spans are there?
  27. 27.Which of these is an arch bridge? (a) pushes out on its ends (b) a flat deck on piers (c) deck hangs from cables (d) good for short gaps
  28. 28.True or false: “cables tied down at ends” is a beam bridge. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.🌉 A beam bridge 250 m long is split by piers into 10 equal spans. How long is each span, in metres?
  30. 30.True or false: “pushes out on its ends” is an arch bridge. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.🌉 Which bridge type: “the longest spans of all”? (a) suspension bridge (b) beam bridge (c) arch bridge
  32. 32.True or false: “the longest spans of all” is a suspension bridge. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.True or false: “pushes out on its ends” is a beam bridge. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🌉 A beam bridge 480 m long rests on the two river banks and on piers in between, making equal spans of 40 m. How many piers are there?
  35. 35.True or false: “a flat deck on piers” is a beam bridge. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🌉 Which bridge type: “a log across a stream”? (a) beam bridge (b) arch bridge (c) suspension bridge
  37. 37.🌉 A beam bridge 45 m long rests on the two river banks and on piers in between, making equal spans of 15 m. How many piers are there?
  38. 38.🌉 A beam bridge is 120 m long. Piers split it into equal spans of 40 m. How many spans are there?
  39. 39.True or false: “the simplest bridge” is a suspension bridge. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🌉 A beam bridge is 70 m long. Piers split it into equal spans of 10 m. How many spans are there?

Answer key

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

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