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Types of Bridges Worksheet

Engineering lesson 20: Types of bridges · Set 90 · 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) balloons (b) nothing (c) piers (d) cables only
  2. 2.🌉 A beam bridge is 500 m long. Piers split it into equal spans of 50 m. How many spans are there?
  3. 3.🌉 A beam bridge 270 m long rests on the two river banks and on piers in between, making equal spans of 45 m. How many piers are there?
  4. 4.Which of these is a beam bridge? (a) good for short gaps (b) the longest spans of all (c) tall towers hold cables (d) stones squeezed together
  5. 5.🌉 In a suspension bridge, the main cables are in … (a) no force (b) compression (c) friction (d) tension
  6. 6.True or false: “a log across a stream” is a beam bridge. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.True or false: “tall towers hold cables” is a suspension bridge. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.🌉 Which bridge type: “cables tied down at ends”? (a) arch bridge (b) suspension bridge (c) beam bridge
  9. 9.Which of these is an arch bridge? (a) a log across a stream (b) good for short gaps (c) deck hangs from cables (d) stones squeezed together
  10. 10.True or false: “the longest spans of all” is a suspension bridge. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.🌉 Which bridge type: “a rope bridge in hills”? (a) suspension bridge (b) arch bridge (c) beam bridge
  12. 12.🌉 Which bridge type: “a curve under the deck”? (a) beam bridge (b) suspension bridge (c) arch bridge
  13. 13.🌉 Which bridge type can cross the widest gap in one span? (a) beam bridge (b) arch bridge (c) log bridge (d) suspension bridge
  14. 14.Which of these is a suspension bridge? (a) the simplest bridge (b) pushes out on its ends (c) a flat deck on piers (d) deck hangs from cables
  15. 15.🌉 Which bridge type: “the simplest bridge”? (a) beam bridge (b) arch bridge (c) suspension bridge
  16. 16.True or false: “a flat deck on piers” is a beam bridge. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.Which of these is an arch bridge? (a) cables tied down at ends (b) the simplest bridge (c) a log across a stream (d) a curve under the deck
  18. 18.True or false: “stones squeezed together” is a beam bridge. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.True or false: “a rope bridge in hills” is a beam bridge. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.Which of these is a suspension bridge? (a) a curve under the deck (b) the longest spans of all (c) a log across a stream (d) stones squeezed together
  21. 21.Which of these is an arch bridge? (a) pushes out on its ends (b) a log across a stream (c) deck hangs from cables (d) tall towers hold cables
  22. 22.Which of these is a suspension bridge? (a) good for short gaps (b) a curve under the deck (c) the simplest bridge (d) tall towers hold cables
  23. 23.Which of these is a beam bridge? (a) cables tied down at ends (b) a flat deck on piers (c) stones squeezed together (d) a curve under the deck
  24. 24.True or false: “deck hangs from cables” is a suspension bridge. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.🌉 A beam bridge 300 m long is split by piers into 10 equal spans. How long is each span, in metres?
  26. 26.True or false: “stones squeezed together” is an arch bridge. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.Which of these is a suspension bridge? (a) stones squeezed together (b) a flat deck on piers (c) a log across a stream (d) a rope bridge in hills
  28. 28.🌉 In a stone arch bridge, the stones are in … (a) tension (b) compression (c) friction (d) no force
  29. 29.True or false: “good for short gaps” is a beam bridge. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.🌉 Which bridge type: “stones squeezed together”? (a) arch bridge (b) suspension bridge (c) beam bridge
  31. 31.🌉 Which bridge type: “good for short gaps”? (a) arch bridge (b) beam bridge (c) suspension bridge
  32. 32.🌉 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?
  33. 33.True or false: “a flat deck on piers” is an arch bridge. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.True or false: “cables tied down at ends” is a beam bridge. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.🌉 Which bridge type: “a log across a stream”? (a) arch bridge (b) suspension bridge (c) beam bridge
  36. 36.Which of these is a beam bridge? (a) the longest spans of all (b) a curve under the deck (c) the simplest bridge (d) stones squeezed together
  37. 37.🌉 A beam bridge is 280 m long. Piers split it into equal spans of 35 m. How many spans are there?
  38. 38.Which of these is a suspension bridge? (a) cables tied down at ends (b) a flat deck on piers (c) good for short gaps (d) a curve under the deck
  39. 39.🌉 Which bridge type: “pushes out on its ends”? (a) suspension bridge (b) arch bridge (c) beam bridge
  40. 40.🌉 A beam bridge 180 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. piers
  2. 10
  3. 5
  4. good for short gaps
  5. tension
  6. True
  7. True
  8. suspension bridge
  9. stones squeezed together
  10. True
  11. suspension bridge
  12. arch bridge
  13. suspension bridge
  14. deck hangs from cables
  15. beam bridge
  16. True
  17. a curve under the deck
  18. False
  19. False
  20. the longest spans of all
  21. pushes out on its ends
  22. tall towers hold cables
  23. a flat deck on piers
  24. True
  25. 30
  26. True
  27. a rope bridge in hills
  28. compression
  29. True
  30. arch bridge
  31. beam bridge
  32. 7
  33. False
  34. False
  35. beam bridge
  36. the simplest bridge
  37. 8
  38. cables tied down at ends
  39. arch bridge
  40. 11

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