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Types of Bridges Worksheet

Engineering lesson 20: Types of bridges · Set 872 · 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.🌉 What holds up a long beam bridge in the middle? (a) piers (b) balloons (c) cables only (d) nothing
  2. 2.True or false: “stones squeezed together” is a suspension bridge. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.True or false: “good for short gaps” is a beam bridge. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.🌉 Which bridge type: “a flat deck on piers”? (a) suspension bridge (b) beam bridge (c) arch bridge
  5. 5.🌉 Which bridge type can cross the widest gap in one span? (a) beam bridge (b) suspension bridge (c) log bridge (d) arch bridge
  6. 6.🌉 Which bridge type: “good for short gaps”? (a) arch bridge (b) suspension bridge (c) beam bridge
  7. 7.🌉 Which bridge type: “pushes out on its ends”? (a) arch bridge (b) beam bridge (c) suspension bridge
  8. 8.🌉 In a stone arch bridge, the stones are in … (a) no force (b) tension (c) compression (d) friction
  9. 9.Which of these is a beam bridge? (a) deck hangs from cables (b) pushes out on its ends (c) a curve under the deck (d) a flat deck on piers
  10. 10.Which of these is a suspension bridge? (a) a flat deck on piers (b) stones squeezed together (c) deck hangs from cables (d) pushes out on its ends
  11. 11.🌉 A beam bridge 75 m long rests on the two river banks and on piers in between, making equal spans of 25 m. How many piers are there?
  12. 12.Which of these is an arch bridge? (a) the simplest bridge (b) a rope bridge in hills (c) a log across a stream (d) a curve under the deck
  13. 13.🌉 Which bridge type: “a log across a stream”? (a) suspension bridge (b) beam bridge (c) arch bridge
  14. 14.True or false: “a flat deck on piers” is an arch bridge. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.🌉 Which bridge type: “deck hangs from cables”? (a) beam bridge (b) arch bridge (c) suspension bridge
  16. 16.True or false: “the longest spans of all” is a beam bridge. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.True or false: “deck hangs from cables” is a beam bridge. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.🌉 Which bridge type: “cables tied down at ends”? (a) suspension bridge (b) beam bridge (c) arch bridge
  19. 19.🌉 A beam bridge 350 m long is split by piers into 10 equal spans. How long is each span, in metres?
  20. 20.🌉 A beam bridge is 175 m long. Piers split it into equal spans of 25 m. How many spans are there?
  21. 21.Which of these is a suspension bridge? (a) a curve under the deck (b) stones squeezed together (c) the simplest bridge (d) tall towers hold cables
  22. 22.Which of these is a suspension bridge? (a) a curve under the deck (b) stones squeezed together (c) good for short gaps (d) the longest spans of all
  23. 23.🌉 A beam bridge 90 m long is split by piers into 2 equal spans. How long is each span, in metres?
  24. 24.🌉 In a suspension bridge, the main cables are in … (a) friction (b) tension (c) compression (d) no force
  25. 25.Which of these is a beam bridge? (a) tall towers hold cables (b) a curve under the deck (c) deck hangs from cables (d) a log across a stream
  26. 26.True or false: “a flat deck on piers” is a beam bridge. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🌉 A beam bridge 135 m long is split by piers into 9 equal spans. How long is each span, in metres?
  28. 28.True or false: “a curve under the deck” is an arch bridge. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.🌉 A beam bridge is 240 m long. Piers split it into equal spans of 20 m. How many spans are there?
  30. 30.🌉 A beam bridge 225 m long rests on the two river banks and on piers in between, making equal spans of 25 m. How many piers are there?
  31. 31.🌉 Which bridge type: “tall towers hold cables”? (a) arch bridge (b) suspension bridge (c) beam bridge
  32. 32.Which of these is a beam bridge? (a) stones squeezed together (b) a rope bridge in hills (c) deck hangs from cables (d) good for short gaps
  33. 33.Which of these is a suspension bridge? (a) a log across a stream (b) stones squeezed together (c) a rope bridge in hills (d) good for short gaps
  34. 34.True or false: “the simplest bridge” is an arch bridge. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.🌉 A beam bridge is 360 m long. Piers split it into equal spans of 30 m. How many spans are there?
  36. 36.Which of these is an arch bridge? (a) deck hangs from cables (b) a log across a stream (c) cables tied down at ends (d) stones squeezed together
  37. 37.True or false: “a rope bridge in hills” is a suspension bridge. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.True or false: “a log across a stream” is a suspension bridge. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.Which of these is a beam bridge? (a) a curve under the deck (b) the simplest bridge (c) the longest spans of all (d) a rope bridge in hills
  40. 40.🌉 A beam bridge 180 m long is split by piers into 6 equal spans. How long is each span, in metres?

Answer key

  1. piers
  2. False
  3. True
  4. beam bridge
  5. suspension bridge
  6. beam bridge
  7. arch bridge
  8. compression
  9. a flat deck on piers
  10. deck hangs from cables
  11. 2
  12. a curve under the deck
  13. beam bridge
  14. False
  15. suspension bridge
  16. False
  17. False
  18. suspension bridge
  19. 35
  20. 7
  21. tall towers hold cables
  22. the longest spans of all
  23. 45
  24. tension
  25. a log across a stream
  26. True
  27. 15
  28. True
  29. 12
  30. 8
  31. suspension bridge
  32. good for short gaps
  33. a rope bridge in hills
  34. False
  35. 12
  36. stones squeezed together
  37. True
  38. False
  39. the simplest bridge
  40. 30

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