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Types of Bridges Worksheet

Engineering lesson 20: Types of bridges · Set 912 · 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.True or false: “the longest spans of all” is a suspension bridge. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.Which of these is an arch bridge? (a) a rope bridge in hills (b) good for short gaps (c) cables tied down at ends (d) a curve under the deck
  3. 3.🌉 Which bridge type: “tall towers hold cables”? (a) suspension bridge (b) arch bridge (c) beam bridge
  4. 4.🌉 A beam bridge is 210 m long. Piers split it into equal spans of 30 m. How many spans are there?
  5. 5.Which of these is a beam bridge? (a) a curve under the deck (b) a rope bridge in hills (c) cables tied down at ends (d) a flat deck on piers
  6. 6.Which of these is a suspension bridge? (a) deck hangs from cables (b) a log across a stream (c) the simplest bridge (d) pushes out on its ends
  7. 7.🌉 A beam bridge is 110 m long. Piers split it into equal spans of 10 m. How many spans are there?
  8. 8.Which of these is a suspension bridge? (a) stones squeezed together (b) good for short gaps (c) the simplest bridge (d) cables tied down at ends
  9. 9.🌉 Which bridge type: “the longest spans of all”? (a) beam bridge (b) arch bridge (c) suspension bridge
  10. 10.🌉 In a suspension bridge, the main cables are in … (a) friction (b) tension (c) no force (d) compression
  11. 11.🌉 Which bridge type: “the simplest bridge”? (a) suspension bridge (b) arch bridge (c) beam bridge
  12. 12.🌉 Which bridge type: “good for short gaps”? (a) suspension bridge (b) beam bridge (c) arch bridge
  13. 13.🌉 A beam bridge 200 m long rests on the two river banks and on piers in between, making equal spans of 50 m. How many piers are there?
  14. 14.🌉 A beam bridge 120 m long is split by piers into 6 equal spans. How long is each span, in metres?
  15. 15.Which of these is a beam bridge? (a) tall towers hold cables (b) a log across a stream (c) deck hangs from cables (d) the longest spans of all
  16. 16.🌉 Which bridge type: “pushes out on its ends”? (a) beam bridge (b) suspension bridge (c) arch bridge
  17. 17.True or false: “stones squeezed together” is a suspension bridge. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.True or false: “good for short gaps” is a beam bridge. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.🌉 A beam bridge is 165 m long. Piers split it into equal spans of 15 m. How many spans are there?
  20. 20.Which of these is an arch bridge? (a) cables tied down at ends (b) a flat deck on piers (c) stones squeezed together (d) a rope bridge in hills
  21. 21.True or false: “a flat deck on piers” is a beam bridge. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.🌉 In a stone arch bridge, the stones are in … (a) compression (b) no force (c) friction (d) tension
  23. 23.🌉 A beam bridge is 60 m long. Piers split it into equal spans of 30 m. How many spans are there?
  24. 24.True or false: “deck hangs from cables” is an arch bridge. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.🌉 Which bridge type: “cables tied down at ends”? (a) beam bridge (b) arch bridge (c) suspension bridge
  26. 26.True or false: “good for short gaps” is an arch bridge. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.True or false: “the simplest bridge” is an arch bridge. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.🌉 Which bridge type can cross the widest gap in one span? (a) arch bridge (b) suspension bridge (c) beam bridge (d) log bridge
  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.Which of these is an arch bridge? (a) pushes out on its ends (b) deck hangs from cables (c) a log across a stream (d) a rope bridge in hills
  31. 31.🌉 A beam bridge 40 m long is split by piers into 4 equal spans. How long is each span, in metres?
  32. 32.True or false: “deck hangs from cables” is a beam bridge. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.🌉 Which bridge type: “a rope bridge in hills”? (a) arch bridge (b) beam bridge (c) suspension bridge
  34. 34.True or false: “pushes out on its ends” is an arch bridge. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.🌉 Which bridge type: “a flat deck on piers”? (a) beam bridge (b) arch bridge (c) suspension bridge
  36. 36.True or false: “pushes out on its ends” is a suspension bridge. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.True or false: “cables tied down at ends” is an arch bridge. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.Which of these is a beam bridge? (a) a rope bridge in hills (b) the simplest bridge (c) cables tied down at ends (d) the longest spans of all
  39. 39.True or false: “the simplest bridge” is a beam bridge. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🌉 A beam bridge 175 m long rests on the two river banks and on piers in between, making equal spans of 25 m. How many piers are there?

Answer key

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

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