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Types of Bridges Worksheet

Engineering lesson 20: Types of bridges · Set 829 · 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: “good for short gaps”? (a) suspension bridge (b) beam bridge (c) arch bridge
  2. 2.True or false: “a curve under the deck” is a suspension bridge. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.Which of these is an arch bridge? (a) deck hangs from cables (b) tall towers hold cables (c) pushes out on its ends (d) the longest spans of all
  4. 4.🌉 In a suspension bridge, the main cables are in … (a) compression (b) friction (c) tension (d) no force
  5. 5.🌉 Which bridge type can cross the widest gap in one span? (a) suspension bridge (b) log bridge (c) arch bridge (d) beam bridge
  6. 6.True or false: “a rope bridge in hills” is a suspension bridge. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.🌉 A beam bridge is 75 m long. Piers split it into equal spans of 25 m. How many spans are there?
  8. 8.🌉 Which bridge type: “the simplest bridge”? (a) beam bridge (b) arch bridge (c) suspension bridge
  9. 9.🌉 A beam bridge is 245 m long. Piers split it into equal spans of 35 m. How many spans are there?
  10. 10.True or false: “a flat deck on piers” is a suspension bridge. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.True or false: “a flat deck on piers” is a beam bridge. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.🌉 Which bridge type: “stones squeezed together”? (a) suspension bridge (b) beam bridge (c) arch bridge
  13. 13.True or false: “a curve under the deck” is an arch bridge. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.🌉 A beam bridge 45 m long is split by piers into 3 equal spans. How long is each span, in metres?
  15. 15.🌉 Which bridge type: “a flat deck on piers”? (a) arch bridge (b) suspension bridge (c) beam bridge
  16. 16.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) a rope bridge in hills
  17. 17.🌉 In a stone arch bridge, the stones are in … (a) no force (b) friction (c) compression (d) tension
  18. 18.🌉 Which bridge type: “a curve under the deck”? (a) suspension bridge (b) arch bridge (c) beam bridge
  19. 19.Which of these is a suspension bridge? (a) a flat deck on piers (b) cables tied down at ends (c) stones squeezed together (d) a log across a stream
  20. 20.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) stones squeezed together
  21. 21.🌉 Which bridge type: “deck hangs from cables”? (a) beam bridge (b) arch bridge (c) suspension bridge
  22. 22.🌉 What holds up a long beam bridge in the middle? (a) cables only (b) balloons (c) nothing (d) piers
  23. 23.🌉 A beam bridge 100 m long is split by piers into 4 equal spans. How long is each span, in metres?
  24. 24.🌉 A beam bridge 540 m long is split by piers into 12 equal spans. How long is each span, in metres?
  25. 25.Which of these is an arch bridge? (a) deck hangs from cables (b) a flat deck on piers (c) a curve under the deck (d) tall towers hold cables
  26. 26.Which of these is a suspension bridge? (a) the simplest bridge (b) tall towers hold cables (c) stones squeezed together (d) pushes out on its ends
  27. 27.True or false: “cables tied down at ends” is a suspension bridge. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.True or false: “a log across a stream” is an arch bridge. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🌉 Which bridge type: “a rope bridge in hills”? (a) beam bridge (b) suspension bridge (c) arch bridge
  30. 30.🌉 A beam bridge 40 m long rests on the two river banks and on piers in between, making equal spans of 10 m. How many piers are there?
  31. 31.🌉 A beam bridge 300 m long rests on the two river banks and on piers in between, making equal spans of 50 m. How many piers are there?
  32. 32.🌉 Which bridge type: “cables tied down at ends”? (a) suspension bridge (b) beam bridge (c) arch bridge
  33. 33.🌉 Which bridge type: “tall towers hold cables”? (a) beam bridge (b) suspension bridge (c) arch bridge
  34. 34.True or false: “stones squeezed together” is a beam bridge. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.Which of these is a beam bridge? (a) deck hangs from cables (b) good for short gaps (c) pushes out on its ends (d) the longest spans of all
  36. 36.Which of these is a suspension bridge? (a) pushes out on its ends (b) a curve under the deck (c) deck hangs from cables (d) a flat deck on piers
  37. 37.🌉 A beam bridge 100 m long is split by piers into 10 equal spans. How long is each span, in metres?
  38. 38.🌉 Which bridge type: “the longest spans of all”? (a) beam bridge (b) suspension bridge (c) arch bridge
  39. 39.🌉 Which bridge type: “pushes out on its ends”? (a) arch bridge (b) beam bridge (c) suspension bridge
  40. 40.True or false: “deck hangs from cables” is a suspension bridge. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. beam bridge
  2. False
  3. pushes out on its ends
  4. tension
  5. suspension bridge
  6. True
  7. 3
  8. beam bridge
  9. 7
  10. False
  11. True
  12. arch bridge
  13. True
  14. 15
  15. beam bridge
  16. a log across a stream
  17. compression
  18. arch bridge
  19. cables tied down at ends
  20. a flat deck on piers
  21. suspension bridge
  22. piers
  23. 25
  24. 45
  25. a curve under the deck
  26. tall towers hold cables
  27. True
  28. False
  29. suspension bridge
  30. 3
  31. 5
  32. suspension bridge
  33. suspension bridge
  34. False
  35. good for short gaps
  36. deck hangs from cables
  37. 10
  38. suspension bridge
  39. arch bridge
  40. True

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