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Types of Bridges Worksheet

Engineering lesson 20: Types of bridges · Set 890 · 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) stones squeezed together (b) cables tied down at ends (c) the simplest bridge (d) a rope bridge in hills
  2. 2.🌉 A beam bridge 90 m long is split by piers into 9 equal spans. How long is each span, in metres?
  3. 3.🌉 Which bridge type can cross the widest gap in one span? (a) suspension bridge (b) beam bridge (c) log bridge (d) arch bridge
  4. 4.🌉 Which bridge type: “the simplest bridge”? (a) arch bridge (b) suspension bridge (c) beam bridge
  5. 5.True or false: “a flat deck on piers” is a beam bridge. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.Which of these is an arch bridge? (a) good for short gaps (b) tall towers hold cables (c) a flat deck on piers (d) a curve under the deck
  7. 7.True or false: “tall towers hold cables” is a suspension bridge. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.Which of these is a suspension bridge? (a) a curve under the deck (b) a rope bridge in hills (c) good for short gaps (d) stones squeezed together
  9. 9.🌉 Which bridge type: “deck hangs from cables”? (a) suspension bridge (b) arch bridge (c) beam bridge
  10. 10.Which of these is a suspension bridge? (a) stones squeezed together (b) the longest spans of all (c) pushes out on its ends (d) a flat deck on piers
  11. 11.🌉 A beam bridge 240 m long is split by piers into 6 equal spans. How long is each span, in metres?
  12. 12.🌉 Which bridge type: “the longest spans of all”? (a) arch bridge (b) beam bridge (c) suspension bridge
  13. 13.Which of these is a beam bridge? (a) a rope bridge in hills (b) stones squeezed together (c) a flat deck on piers (d) a curve under the deck
  14. 14.🌉 Which bridge type: “a log across a stream”? (a) arch bridge (b) beam bridge (c) suspension bridge
  15. 15.Which of these is a beam bridge? (a) tall towers hold cables (b) stones squeezed together (c) a rope bridge in hills (d) the simplest bridge
  16. 16.🌉 A beam bridge is 45 m long. Piers split it into equal spans of 15 m. How many spans are there?
  17. 17.🌉 A beam bridge is 60 m long. Piers split it into equal spans of 20 m. How many spans are there?
  18. 18.🌉 Which bridge type: “tall towers hold cables”? (a) arch bridge (b) beam bridge (c) suspension bridge
  19. 19.🌉 A beam bridge 80 m long rests on the two river banks and on piers in between, making equal spans of 20 m. How many piers are there?
  20. 20.🌉 In a suspension bridge, the main cables are in … (a) compression (b) tension (c) no force (d) friction
  21. 21.🌉 In a stone arch bridge, the stones are in … (a) no force (b) friction (c) tension (d) compression
  22. 22.🌉 A beam bridge 60 m long rests on the two river banks and on piers in between, making equal spans of 10 m. How many piers are there?
  23. 23.🌉 Which bridge type: “a curve under the deck”? (a) beam bridge (b) suspension bridge (c) arch bridge
  24. 24.🌉 What holds up a long beam bridge in the middle? (a) balloons (b) piers (c) nothing (d) cables only
  25. 25.Which of these is a beam bridge? (a) stones squeezed together (b) good for short gaps (c) pushes out on its ends (d) tall towers hold cables
  26. 26.True or false: “deck hangs from cables” is a suspension bridge. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.True or false: “a log across a stream” is a suspension bridge. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.Which of these is a suspension bridge? (a) a flat deck on piers (b) good for short gaps (c) a curve under the deck (d) deck hangs from cables
  29. 29.🌉 A beam bridge 80 m long is split by piers into 8 equal spans. How long is each span, in metres?
  30. 30.🌉 Which bridge type: “stones squeezed together”? (a) suspension bridge (b) beam bridge (c) arch bridge
  31. 31.True or false: “pushes out on its ends” is an arch bridge. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.🌉 Which bridge type: “good for short gaps”? (a) arch bridge (b) suspension bridge (c) beam bridge
  33. 33.True or false: “tall towers hold cables” is an arch bridge. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.Which of these is a suspension bridge? (a) the simplest bridge (b) pushes out on its ends (c) good for short gaps (d) tall towers hold cables
  35. 35.🌉 Which bridge type: “cables tied down at ends”? (a) arch bridge (b) beam bridge (c) suspension bridge
  36. 36.🌉 A beam bridge is 140 m long. Piers split it into equal spans of 35 m. How many spans are there?
  37. 37.Which of these is an arch bridge? (a) pushes out on its ends (b) a log across a stream (c) cables tied down at ends (d) deck hangs from cables
  38. 38.🌉 A beam bridge 450 m long rests on the two river banks and on piers in between, making equal spans of 50 m. How many piers are there?
  39. 39.True or false: “a log across a stream” is an arch bridge. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.True or false: “the simplest bridge” is a beam bridge. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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