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Types of Bridges Worksheet

Engineering lesson 20: Types of bridges · Set 945 · 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: “tall towers hold cables” is an arch bridge. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.🌉 Which bridge type: “cables tied down at ends”? (a) beam bridge (b) arch bridge (c) suspension bridge
  3. 3.🌉 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?
  4. 4.🌉 Which bridge type: “stones squeezed together”? (a) arch bridge (b) beam bridge (c) suspension bridge
  5. 5.🌉 Which bridge type: “a curve under the deck”? (a) suspension bridge (b) arch bridge (c) beam bridge
  6. 6.True or false: “the simplest bridge” is a suspension bridge. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.🌉 Which bridge type: “pushes out on its ends”? (a) suspension bridge (b) arch bridge (c) beam bridge
  8. 8.Which of these is a suspension bridge? (a) cables tied down at ends (b) pushes out on its ends (c) a flat deck on piers (d) a log across a stream
  9. 9.True or false: “a curve under the deck” is a beam bridge. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.🌉 Which bridge type: “tall towers hold cables”? (a) arch bridge (b) suspension bridge (c) beam bridge
  11. 11.🌉 A beam bridge 600 m long rests on the two river banks and on piers in between, making equal spans of 50 m. How many piers are there?
  12. 12.Which of these is a beam bridge? (a) a curve under the deck (b) the simplest bridge (c) the longest spans of all (d) pushes out on its ends
  13. 13.🌉 In a stone arch bridge, the stones are in … (a) tension (b) compression (c) no force (d) friction
  14. 14.🌉 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?
  15. 15.🌉 A beam bridge is 30 m long. Piers split it into equal spans of 15 m. How many spans are there?
  16. 16.🌉 Which bridge type: “good for short gaps”? (a) arch bridge (b) suspension bridge (c) beam bridge
  17. 17.True or false: “good for short gaps” is an arch bridge. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.Which of these is a suspension bridge? (a) a rope bridge in hills (b) pushes out on its ends (c) stones squeezed together (d) good for short gaps
  19. 19.🌉 What holds up a long beam bridge in the middle? (a) cables only (b) piers (c) nothing (d) balloons
  20. 20.🌉 Which bridge type: “a log across a stream”? (a) arch bridge (b) beam bridge (c) suspension bridge
  21. 21.🌉 Which bridge type can cross the widest gap in one span? (a) beam bridge (b) arch bridge (c) suspension bridge (d) log bridge
  22. 22.🌉 A beam bridge is 240 m long. Piers split it into equal spans of 40 m. How many spans are there?
  23. 23.🌉 Which bridge type: “deck hangs from cables”? (a) arch bridge (b) suspension bridge (c) beam bridge
  24. 24.Which of these is a beam bridge? (a) deck hangs from cables (b) stones squeezed together (c) a log across a stream (d) tall towers hold cables
  25. 25.Which of these is a suspension bridge? (a) a flat deck on piers (b) the simplest bridge (c) the longest spans of all (d) a curve under the deck
  26. 26.True or false: “cables tied down at ends” is an arch bridge. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.Which of these is an arch bridge? (a) tall towers hold cables (b) a curve under the deck (c) a rope bridge in hills (d) the simplest bridge
  28. 28.🌉 A beam bridge is 315 m long. Piers split it into equal spans of 45 m. How many spans are there?
  29. 29.🌉 A beam bridge 420 m long is split by piers into 12 equal spans. How long is each span, in metres?
  30. 30.🌉 A beam bridge 225 m long rests on the two river banks and on piers in between, making equal spans of 45 m. How many piers are there?
  31. 31.Which of these is an arch bridge? (a) cables tied down at ends (b) good for short gaps (c) stones squeezed together (d) the longest spans of all
  32. 32.True or false: “the simplest bridge” is a beam bridge. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.True or false: “pushes out on its ends” is an arch bridge. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🌉 A beam bridge is 420 m long. Piers split it into equal spans of 35 m. How many spans are there?
  35. 35.True or false: “a rope bridge in hills” is a beam bridge. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🌉 A beam bridge 120 m long is split by piers into 8 equal spans. How long is each span, in metres?
  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.🌉 In a suspension bridge, the main cables are in … (a) friction (b) tension (c) compression (d) no force
  39. 39.Which of these is an arch bridge? (a) deck hangs from cables (b) a flat deck on piers (c) pushes out on its ends (d) cables tied down at ends
  40. 40.🌉 A beam bridge 105 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. False
  2. suspension bridge
  3. 6
  4. arch bridge
  5. arch bridge
  6. False
  7. arch bridge
  8. cables tied down at ends
  9. False
  10. suspension bridge
  11. 11
  12. the simplest bridge
  13. compression
  14. 4
  15. 2
  16. beam bridge
  17. False
  18. a rope bridge in hills
  19. piers
  20. beam bridge
  21. suspension bridge
  22. 6
  23. suspension bridge
  24. a log across a stream
  25. the longest spans of all
  26. False
  27. a curve under the deck
  28. 7
  29. 35
  30. 4
  31. stones squeezed together
  32. True
  33. True
  34. 12
  35. False
  36. 15
  37. 8
  38. tension
  39. pushes out on its ends
  40. 6

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