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Types of Bridges Worksheet

Engineering lesson 20: Types of bridges · Set 835 · 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 an arch bridge? (a) the longest spans of all (b) the simplest bridge (c) good for short gaps (d) a curve under the deck
  2. 2.🌉 Which bridge type: “a flat deck on piers”? (a) arch bridge (b) beam bridge (c) suspension bridge
  3. 3.Which of these is a beam bridge? (a) a flat deck on piers (b) pushes out on its ends (c) a curve under the deck (d) cables tied down at ends
  4. 4.True or false: “a curve under the deck” is an arch bridge. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.True or false: “stones squeezed together” is an arch bridge. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.🌉 Which bridge type: “cables tied down at ends”? (a) beam bridge (b) suspension bridge (c) arch bridge
  7. 7.🌉 A beam bridge 320 m long rests on the two river banks and on piers in between, making equal spans of 40 m. How many piers are there?
  8. 8.True or false: “deck hangs from cables” is a beam bridge. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.True or false: “a log across a stream” is a suspension bridge. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.Which of these is a beam bridge? (a) the longest spans of all (b) tall towers hold cables (c) cables tied down at ends (d) the simplest bridge
  11. 11.Which of these is a beam bridge? (a) pushes out on its ends (b) stones squeezed together (c) deck hangs from cables (d) a log across a stream
  12. 12.Which of these is a suspension bridge? (a) a log across a stream (b) stones squeezed together (c) the simplest bridge (d) tall towers hold cables
  13. 13.Which of these is a beam bridge? (a) tall towers hold cables (b) cables tied down at ends (c) a curve under the deck (d) good for short gaps
  14. 14.Which of these is a suspension bridge? (a) stones squeezed together (b) a flat deck on piers (c) a curve under the deck (d) the longest spans of all
  15. 15.🌉 In a suspension bridge, the main cables are in … (a) friction (b) no force (c) compression (d) tension
  16. 16.True or false: “pushes out on its ends” is a beam bridge. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.🌉 What holds up a long beam bridge in the middle? (a) piers (b) balloons (c) nothing (d) cables only
  18. 18.Which of these is an arch bridge? (a) good for short gaps (b) a log across a stream (c) the simplest bridge (d) pushes out on its ends
  19. 19.🌉 Which bridge type: “good for short gaps”? (a) suspension bridge (b) beam bridge (c) arch bridge
  20. 20.🌉 Which bridge type can cross the widest gap in one span? (a) log bridge (b) suspension bridge (c) arch bridge (d) beam bridge
  21. 21.🌉 Which bridge type: “a rope bridge in hills”? (a) suspension bridge (b) arch bridge (c) beam bridge
  22. 22.🌉 Which bridge type: “the longest spans of all”? (a) arch bridge (b) beam bridge (c) suspension bridge
  23. 23.Which of these is a suspension bridge? (a) a log across a stream (b) a flat deck on piers (c) pushes out on its ends (d) cables tied down at ends
  24. 24.True or false: “a rope bridge in hills” is a suspension bridge. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.True or false: “a flat deck on piers” is a beam bridge. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.True or false: “cables tied down at ends” is a suspension bridge. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.True or false: “a flat deck on piers” is a suspension bridge. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.🌉 A beam bridge 150 m long is split by piers into 3 equal spans. How long is each span, in metres?
  29. 29.True or false: “good for short gaps” is an arch bridge. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.🌉 Which bridge type: “a log across a stream”? (a) arch bridge (b) suspension bridge (c) beam bridge
  31. 31.True or false: “a flat deck on piers” is an arch bridge. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.True or false: “a curve under the deck” is a beam bridge. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.🌉 Which bridge type: “deck hangs from cables”? (a) suspension bridge (b) arch bridge (c) beam bridge
  34. 34.🌉 In a stone arch bridge, the stones are in … (a) no force (b) compression (c) tension (d) friction
  35. 35.🌉 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?
  36. 36.🌉 Which bridge type: “pushes out on its ends”? (a) suspension bridge (b) beam bridge (c) arch bridge
  37. 37.True or false: “pushes out on its ends” is an arch bridge. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.🌉 Which bridge type: “tall towers hold cables”? (a) suspension bridge (b) arch bridge (c) beam bridge
  39. 39.🌉 A beam bridge is 120 m long. Piers split it into equal spans of 40 m. How many spans are there?
  40. 40.🌉 A beam bridge 135 m long rests on the two river banks and on piers in between, making equal spans of 15 m. How many piers are there?

Answer key

  1. a curve under the deck
  2. beam bridge
  3. a flat deck on piers
  4. True
  5. True
  6. suspension bridge
  7. 7
  8. False
  9. False
  10. the simplest bridge
  11. a log across a stream
  12. tall towers hold cables
  13. good for short gaps
  14. the longest spans of all
  15. tension
  16. False
  17. piers
  18. pushes out on its ends
  19. beam bridge
  20. suspension bridge
  21. suspension bridge
  22. suspension bridge
  23. cables tied down at ends
  24. True
  25. True
  26. True
  27. False
  28. 50
  29. False
  30. beam bridge
  31. False
  32. False
  33. suspension bridge
  34. compression
  35. 11
  36. arch bridge
  37. True
  38. suspension bridge
  39. 3
  40. 8

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