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Types of Bridges Worksheet

Engineering lesson 20: Types of bridges · Set 874 · 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: “a log across a stream”? (a) arch bridge (b) suspension bridge (c) beam bridge
  2. 2.🌉 In a stone arch bridge, the stones are in … (a) friction (b) no force (c) tension (d) compression
  3. 3.🌉 In a suspension bridge, the main cables are in … (a) no force (b) friction (c) compression (d) tension
  4. 4.🌉 Which bridge type: “a rope bridge in hills”? (a) beam bridge (b) arch bridge (c) suspension bridge
  5. 5.🌉 Which bridge type: “cables tied down at ends”? (a) suspension bridge (b) beam bridge (c) arch bridge
  6. 6.🌉 Which bridge type: “a flat deck on piers”? (a) arch bridge (b) suspension bridge (c) beam bridge
  7. 7.🌉 A beam bridge 120 m long rests on the two river banks and on piers in between, making equal spans of 15 m. How many piers are there?
  8. 8.True or false: “a flat deck on piers” is a beam bridge. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.🌉 A beam bridge 450 m long is split by piers into 10 equal spans. How long is each span, in metres?
  10. 10.🌉 Which bridge type can cross the widest gap in one span? (a) suspension bridge (b) beam bridge (c) arch bridge (d) log bridge
  11. 11.True or false: “cables tied down at ends” is a beam bridge. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.True or false: “a curve under the deck” is a suspension bridge. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.Which of these is a beam bridge? (a) cables tied down at ends (b) deck hangs from cables (c) a curve under the deck (d) good for short gaps
  14. 14.🌉 What holds up a long beam bridge in the middle? (a) nothing (b) balloons (c) cables only (d) piers
  15. 15.🌉 Which bridge type: “a curve under the deck”? (a) beam bridge (b) arch bridge (c) suspension bridge
  16. 16.Which of these is a suspension bridge? (a) deck hangs from cables (b) a log across a stream (c) a flat deck on piers (d) stones squeezed together
  17. 17.🌉 Which bridge type: “good for short gaps”? (a) arch bridge (b) suspension bridge (c) beam bridge
  18. 18.Which of these is a beam bridge? (a) a curve under the deck (b) a flat deck on piers (c) deck hangs from cables (d) stones squeezed together
  19. 19.🌉 A beam bridge 180 m long is split by piers into 12 equal spans. How long is each span, in metres?
  20. 20.True or false: “the simplest bridge” is a suspension bridge. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.True or false: “pushes out on its ends” is an arch bridge. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.Which of these is a suspension bridge? (a) the longest spans of all (b) a flat deck on piers (c) pushes out on its ends (d) good for short gaps
  23. 23.🌉 Which bridge type: “pushes out on its ends”? (a) arch bridge (b) suspension bridge (c) beam bridge
  24. 24.🌉 A beam bridge 280 m long rests on the two river banks and on piers in between, making equal spans of 40 m. How many piers are there?
  25. 25.🌉 A beam bridge 30 m long rests on the two river banks and on piers in between, making equal spans of 10 m. How many piers are there?
  26. 26.True or false: “deck hangs from cables” is a suspension bridge. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.True or false: “a flat deck on piers” is an arch bridge. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.🌉 Which bridge type: “stones squeezed together”? (a) arch bridge (b) suspension bridge (c) beam bridge
  29. 29.True or false: “the simplest bridge” is an arch bridge. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.🌉 A beam bridge is 30 m long. Piers split it into equal spans of 15 m. How many spans are there?
  31. 31.Which of these is a beam bridge? (a) a rope bridge in hills (b) cables tied down at ends (c) a log across a stream (d) stones squeezed together
  32. 32.True or false: “stones squeezed together” is an arch bridge. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.🌉 Which bridge type: “deck hangs from cables”? (a) beam bridge (b) arch bridge (c) suspension bridge
  34. 34.🌉 A beam bridge 200 m long rests on the two river banks and on piers in between, making equal spans of 25 m. How many piers are there?
  35. 35.True or false: “a curve under the deck” is an arch bridge. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.True or false: “cables tied down at ends” is a suspension bridge. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.🌉 A beam bridge 140 m long is split by piers into 7 equal spans. How long is each span, in metres?
  38. 38.Which of these is an arch bridge? (a) the longest spans of all (b) tall towers hold cables (c) a log across a stream (d) a curve under the deck
  39. 39.Which of these is a suspension bridge? (a) a flat deck on piers (b) pushes out on its ends (c) a log across a stream (d) cables tied down at ends
  40. 40.🌉 Which bridge type: “tall towers hold cables”? (a) beam bridge (b) suspension bridge (c) arch bridge

Answer key

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

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