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Types of Bridges Worksheet

Engineering lesson 20: Types of bridges · Set 933 · 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: “good for short gaps” is a suspension bridge. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.🌉 Which bridge type: “cables tied down at ends”? (a) arch bridge (b) beam bridge (c) suspension bridge
  3. 3.🌉 A beam bridge is 220 m long. Piers split it into equal spans of 20 m. How many spans are there?
  4. 4.🌉 A beam bridge 60 m long is split by piers into 3 equal spans. How long is each span, in metres?
  5. 5.Which of these is an arch bridge? (a) deck hangs from cables (b) the simplest bridge (c) a flat deck on piers (d) pushes out on its ends
  6. 6.True or false: “the longest spans of all” is a beam bridge. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.🌉 A beam bridge is 90 m long. Piers split it into equal spans of 15 m. How many spans are there?
  8. 8.Which of these is a suspension bridge? (a) tall towers hold cables (b) pushes out on its ends (c) a flat deck on piers (d) stones squeezed together
  9. 9.True or false: “pushes out on its ends” is an arch bridge. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.🌉 Which bridge type: “stones squeezed together”? (a) arch bridge (b) suspension bridge (c) beam bridge
  11. 11.🌉 A beam bridge 180 m long rests on the two river banks and on piers in between, making equal spans of 30 m. How many piers are there?
  12. 12.🌉 Which bridge type: “tall towers hold cables”? (a) arch bridge (b) suspension bridge (c) beam bridge
  13. 13.🌉 In a suspension bridge, the main cables are in … (a) friction (b) no force (c) compression (d) tension
  14. 14.🌉 Which bridge type: “a log across a stream”? (a) arch bridge (b) suspension bridge (c) beam bridge
  15. 15.Which of these is a suspension bridge? (a) cables tied down at ends (b) a flat deck on piers (c) pushes out on its ends (d) a curve under the deck
  16. 16.Which of these is an arch bridge? (a) a rope bridge in hills (b) a flat deck on piers (c) stones squeezed together (d) good for short gaps
  17. 17.🌉 Which bridge type: “the longest spans of all”? (a) arch bridge (b) suspension bridge (c) beam bridge
  18. 18.Which of these is a suspension bridge? (a) a flat deck on piers (b) good for short gaps (c) stones squeezed together (d) the longest spans of all
  19. 19.🌉 Which bridge type: “a flat deck on piers”? (a) suspension bridge (b) beam bridge (c) arch bridge
  20. 20.True or false: “a flat deck on piers” is a beam bridge. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.True or false: “a curve under the deck” is an arch bridge. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.🌉 A beam bridge is 200 m long. Piers split it into equal spans of 50 m. How many spans are there?
  23. 23.🌉 Which bridge type: “pushes out on its ends”? (a) suspension bridge (b) arch bridge (c) beam bridge
  24. 24.🌉 Which bridge type can cross the widest gap in one span? (a) arch bridge (b) beam bridge (c) log bridge (d) suspension bridge
  25. 25.🌉 A beam bridge is 450 m long. Piers split it into equal spans of 50 m. How many spans are there?
  26. 26.🌉 A beam bridge 440 m long is split by piers into 11 equal spans. How long is each span, in metres?
  27. 27.🌉 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?
  28. 28.🌉 A beam bridge 400 m long is split by piers into 8 equal spans. How long is each span, in metres?
  29. 29.🌉 A beam bridge is 100 m long. Piers split it into equal spans of 20 m. How many spans are there?
  30. 30.Which of these is a beam bridge? (a) pushes out on its ends (b) a log across a stream (c) cables tied down at ends (d) a curve under the deck
  31. 31.True or false: “tall towers hold cables” is a beam bridge. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.Which of these is a beam bridge? (a) the simplest bridge (b) tall towers hold cables (c) the longest spans of all (d) stones squeezed together
  33. 33.🌉 Which bridge type: “a rope bridge in hills”? (a) arch bridge (b) beam bridge (c) suspension bridge
  34. 34.🌉 Which bridge type: “the simplest bridge”? (a) beam bridge (b) arch bridge (c) suspension bridge
  35. 35.🌉 In a stone arch bridge, the stones are in … (a) friction (b) tension (c) no force (d) compression
  36. 36.🌉 A beam bridge is 40 m long. Piers split it into equal spans of 10 m. How many spans are there?
  37. 37.🌉 A beam bridge 250 m long rests on the two river banks and on piers in between, making equal spans of 50 m. How many piers are there?
  38. 38.🌉 A beam bridge is 250 m long. Piers split it into equal spans of 50 m. How many spans are there?
  39. 39.True or false: “stones squeezed together” is an arch bridge. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🌉 Which bridge type: “good for short gaps”? (a) beam bridge (b) suspension bridge (c) arch bridge

Answer key

  1. False
  2. suspension bridge
  3. 11
  4. 20
  5. pushes out on its ends
  6. False
  7. 6
  8. tall towers hold cables
  9. True
  10. arch bridge
  11. 5
  12. suspension bridge
  13. tension
  14. beam bridge
  15. cables tied down at ends
  16. stones squeezed together
  17. suspension bridge
  18. the longest spans of all
  19. beam bridge
  20. True
  21. True
  22. 4
  23. arch bridge
  24. suspension bridge
  25. 9
  26. 40
  27. 8
  28. 50
  29. 5
  30. a log across a stream
  31. False
  32. the simplest bridge
  33. suspension bridge
  34. beam bridge
  35. compression
  36. 4
  37. 4
  38. 5
  39. True
  40. beam bridge

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