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Types of Bridges Worksheet

Engineering lesson 20: Types of bridges · Set 947 · 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.🌉 A beam bridge is 150 m long. Piers split it into equal spans of 50 m. How many spans are there?
  2. 2.🌉 A beam bridge is 80 m long. Piers split it into equal spans of 10 m. How many spans are there?
  3. 3.Which of these is a suspension bridge? (a) the simplest bridge (b) a flat deck on piers (c) good for short gaps (d) cables tied down at ends
  4. 4.True or false: “deck hangs from cables” is a beam bridge. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.🌉 A beam bridge 120 m long rests on the two river banks and on piers in between, making equal spans of 30 m. How many piers are there?
  6. 6.🌉 Which bridge type: “cables tied down at ends”? (a) suspension bridge (b) arch bridge (c) beam bridge
  7. 7.🌉 Which bridge type: “a curve under the deck”? (a) suspension bridge (b) beam bridge (c) arch bridge
  8. 8.True or false: “a curve under the deck” is an arch bridge. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.Which of these is a suspension bridge? (a) deck hangs from cables (b) pushes out on its ends (c) a log across a stream (d) a flat deck on piers
  10. 10.🌉 Which bridge type: “stones squeezed together”? (a) beam bridge (b) arch bridge (c) suspension bridge
  11. 11.🌉 A beam bridge is 225 m long. Piers split it into equal spans of 45 m. How many spans are there?
  12. 12.🌉 In a stone arch bridge, the stones are in … (a) no force (b) compression (c) friction (d) tension
  13. 13.🌉 Which bridge type: “a rope bridge in hills”? (a) arch bridge (b) suspension bridge (c) beam bridge
  14. 14.🌉 In a suspension bridge, the main cables are in … (a) no force (b) tension (c) friction (d) compression
  15. 15.Which of these is a beam bridge? (a) cables tied down at ends (b) stones squeezed together (c) a rope bridge in hills (d) a flat deck on piers
  16. 16.True or false: “pushes out on its ends” is an arch bridge. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.True or false: “pushes out on its ends” is a beam bridge. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.True or false: “a rope bridge in hills” is a beam bridge. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.True or false: “good for short gaps” is a suspension bridge. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.True or false: “good for short gaps” is an arch bridge. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.🌉 Which bridge type: “good for short gaps”? (a) suspension bridge (b) beam bridge (c) arch bridge
  22. 22.🌉 A beam bridge 240 m long rests on the two river banks and on piers in between, making equal spans of 20 m. How many piers are there?
  23. 23.Which of these is an arch bridge? (a) deck hangs from cables (b) the simplest bridge (c) tall towers hold cables (d) pushes out on its ends
  24. 24.🌉 A beam bridge 90 m long is split by piers into 9 equal spans. How long is each span, in metres?
  25. 25.Which of these is an arch bridge? (a) stones squeezed together (b) a flat deck on piers (c) deck hangs from cables (d) the longest spans of all
  26. 26.🌉 Which bridge type can cross the widest gap in one span? (a) arch bridge (b) suspension bridge (c) log bridge (d) beam bridge
  27. 27.True or false: “a flat deck on piers” is an arch bridge. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.🌉 Which bridge type: “a flat deck on piers”? (a) arch bridge (b) suspension bridge (c) beam bridge
  29. 29.Which of these is a suspension bridge? (a) the simplest bridge (b) tall towers hold cables (c) pushes out on its ends (d) stones squeezed together
  30. 30.🌉 A beam bridge 90 m long is split by piers into 2 equal spans. How long is each span, in metres?
  31. 31.🌉 Which bridge type: “the longest spans of all”? (a) beam bridge (b) suspension bridge (c) arch bridge
  32. 32.🌉 Which bridge type: “the simplest bridge”? (a) arch bridge (b) suspension bridge (c) beam bridge
  33. 33.🌉 Which bridge type: “tall towers hold cables”? (a) arch bridge (b) beam bridge (c) suspension bridge
  34. 34.True or false: “the simplest bridge” is an arch bridge. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.Which of these is a beam bridge? (a) the simplest bridge (b) the longest spans of all (c) cables tied down at ends (d) a curve under the deck
  36. 36.Which of these is a beam bridge? (a) pushes out on its ends (b) the longest spans of all (c) stones squeezed together (d) a log across a stream
  37. 37.True or false: “stones squeezed together” is an arch bridge. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.🌉 A beam bridge 180 m long is split by piers into 4 equal spans. How long is each span, in metres?
  39. 39.🌉 A beam bridge 480 m long is split by piers into 12 equal spans. How long is each span, in metres?
  40. 40.🌉 A beam bridge 120 m long is split by piers into 8 equal spans. How long is each span, in metres?

Answer key

  1. 3
  2. 8
  3. cables tied down at ends
  4. False
  5. 3
  6. suspension bridge
  7. arch bridge
  8. True
  9. deck hangs from cables
  10. arch bridge
  11. 5
  12. compression
  13. suspension bridge
  14. tension
  15. a flat deck on piers
  16. True
  17. False
  18. False
  19. False
  20. False
  21. beam bridge
  22. 11
  23. pushes out on its ends
  24. 10
  25. stones squeezed together
  26. suspension bridge
  27. False
  28. beam bridge
  29. tall towers hold cables
  30. 45
  31. suspension bridge
  32. beam bridge
  33. suspension bridge
  34. False
  35. the simplest bridge
  36. a log across a stream
  37. True
  38. 45
  39. 40
  40. 15

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