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Types of Bridges Worksheet

Engineering lesson 20: Types of bridges · Set 937 · 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 beam bridge. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.🌉 In a suspension bridge, the main cables are in … (a) friction (b) tension (c) compression (d) no force
  3. 3.True or false: “stones squeezed together” is an arch bridge. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.🌉 Which bridge type: “the longest spans of all”? (a) arch bridge (b) suspension bridge (c) beam bridge
  5. 5.True or false: “a rope bridge in hills” is a suspension bridge. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.🌉 A beam bridge 550 m long rests on the two river banks and on piers in between, making equal spans of 50 m. How many piers are there?
  7. 7.🌉 Which bridge type: “cables tied down at ends”? (a) beam bridge (b) arch bridge (c) suspension bridge
  8. 8.🌉 In a stone arch bridge, the stones are in … (a) tension (b) friction (c) compression (d) no force
  9. 9.Which of these is an arch bridge? (a) pushes out on its ends (b) deck hangs from cables (c) tall towers hold cables (d) a log across a stream
  10. 10.True or false: “a log across a stream” is a beam bridge. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.🌉 Which bridge type: “stones squeezed together”? (a) suspension bridge (b) arch bridge (c) beam bridge
  12. 12.🌉 A beam bridge 100 m long rests on the two river banks and on piers in between, making equal spans of 10 m. How many piers are there?
  13. 13.True or false: “a flat deck on piers” is an arch bridge. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.🌉 A beam bridge 70 m long is split by piers into 2 equal spans. How long is each span, in metres?
  15. 15.Which of these is a beam bridge? (a) stones squeezed together (b) cables tied down at ends (c) a curve under the deck (d) the simplest bridge
  16. 16.🌉 Which bridge type: “good for short gaps”? (a) arch bridge (b) suspension bridge (c) beam bridge
  17. 17.🌉 A beam bridge 80 m long rests on the two river banks and on piers in between, making equal spans of 40 m. How many piers are there?
  18. 18.True or false: “pushes out on its ends” is a beam bridge. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.Which of these is a beam bridge? (a) the longest spans of all (b) a curve under the deck (c) tall towers hold cables (d) a log across a stream
  20. 20.🌉 Which bridge type: “a log across a stream”? (a) beam bridge (b) suspension bridge (c) arch bridge
  21. 21.🌉 A beam bridge is 135 m long. Piers split it into equal spans of 45 m. How many spans are there?
  22. 22.🌉 A beam bridge 270 m long rests on the two river banks and on piers in between, making equal spans of 30 m. How many piers are there?
  23. 23.Which of these is a suspension bridge? (a) pushes out on its ends (b) a log across a stream (c) deck hangs from cables (d) a flat deck on piers
  24. 24.Which of these is a suspension bridge? (a) good for short gaps (b) tall towers hold cables (c) stones squeezed together (d) a log across a stream
  25. 25.Which of these is a beam bridge? (a) tall towers hold cables (b) cables tied down at ends (c) a flat deck on piers (d) stones squeezed together
  26. 26.True or false: “pushes out on its ends” is an arch bridge. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.True or false: “a flat deck on piers” is a suspension bridge. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.True or false: “tall towers hold cables” is a suspension bridge. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.True or false: “the simplest bridge” is a suspension bridge. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.True or false: “a curve under the deck” is an arch bridge. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.🌉 Which bridge type can cross the widest gap in one span? (a) log bridge (b) suspension bridge (c) arch bridge (d) beam bridge
  32. 32.Which of these is an arch bridge? (a) the longest spans of all (b) a curve under the deck (c) cables tied down at ends (d) deck hangs from cables
  33. 33.🌉 A beam bridge is 200 m long. Piers split it into equal spans of 20 m. How many spans are there?
  34. 34.True or false: “a flat deck on piers” is a beam bridge. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.🌉 A beam bridge is 240 m long. Piers split it into equal spans of 20 m. How many spans are there?
  36. 36.🌉 What holds up a long beam bridge in the middle? (a) balloons (b) nothing (c) piers (d) cables only
  37. 37.🌉 Which bridge type: “pushes out on its ends”? (a) suspension bridge (b) beam bridge (c) arch bridge
  38. 38.Which of these is a beam bridge? (a) a curve under the deck (b) good for short gaps (c) deck hangs from cables (d) pushes out on its ends
  39. 39.True or false: “the longest spans of all” is a suspension bridge. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🌉 A beam bridge 400 m long is split by piers into 10 equal spans. How long is each span, in metres?

Answer key

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

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