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Types of Bridges Worksheet

Engineering lesson 20: Types of bridges · Set 95 · 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.Which of these is a beam bridge? (a) stones squeezed together (b) the longest spans of all (c) pushes out on its ends (d) a log across a stream
  2. 2.🌉 A beam bridge is 180 m long. Piers split it into equal spans of 15 m. How many spans are there?
  3. 3.True or false: “stones squeezed together” is a beam bridge. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.🌉 Which bridge type: “cables tied down at ends”? (a) arch bridge (b) suspension bridge (c) beam bridge
  5. 5.True or false: “a rope bridge in hills” is a beam bridge. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.🌉 Which bridge type can cross the widest gap in one span? (a) log bridge (b) beam bridge (c) suspension bridge (d) arch bridge
  7. 7.True or false: “a log across a stream” is a suspension bridge. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.🌉 Which bridge type: “pushes out on its ends”? (a) beam bridge (b) arch bridge (c) suspension bridge
  9. 9.Which of these is a suspension bridge? (a) deck hangs from cables (b) a log across a stream (c) a flat deck on piers (d) good for short gaps
  10. 10.🌉 A beam bridge is 110 m long. Piers split it into equal spans of 10 m. How many spans are there?
  11. 11.🌉 A beam bridge 110 m long rests on the two river banks and on piers in between, making equal spans of 10 m. How many piers are there?
  12. 12.🌉 A beam bridge 160 m long rests on the two river banks and on piers in between, making equal spans of 40 m. How many piers are there?
  13. 13.🌉 A beam bridge 150 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.🌉 In a suspension bridge, the main cables are in … (a) no force (b) friction (c) tension (d) compression
  15. 15.Which of these is an arch bridge? (a) stones squeezed together (b) the longest spans of all (c) the simplest bridge (d) good for short gaps
  16. 16.🌉 Which bridge type: “deck hangs from cables”? (a) arch bridge (b) beam bridge (c) suspension bridge
  17. 17.True or false: “deck hangs from cables” is a beam bridge. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.Which of these is an arch bridge? (a) pushes out on its ends (b) a flat deck on piers (c) good for short gaps (d) the longest spans of all
  19. 19.True or false: “deck hangs from cables” is a suspension bridge. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.True or false: “tall towers hold cables” is a suspension bridge. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.🌉 Which bridge type: “a rope bridge in hills”? (a) suspension bridge (b) beam bridge (c) arch bridge
  22. 22.Which of these is a beam bridge? (a) tall towers hold cables (b) cables tied down at ends (c) a curve under the deck (d) the simplest bridge
  23. 23.🌉 Which bridge type: “the longest spans of all”? (a) beam bridge (b) suspension bridge (c) arch bridge
  24. 24.🌉 In a stone arch bridge, the stones are in … (a) compression (b) no force (c) friction (d) tension
  25. 25.🌉 Which bridge type: “a log across a stream”? (a) suspension bridge (b) arch bridge (c) beam bridge
  26. 26.🌉 A beam bridge 220 m long is split by piers into 11 equal spans. How long is each span, in metres?
  27. 27.True or false: “a log across a stream” is a beam bridge. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.🌉 Which bridge type: “tall towers hold cables”? (a) beam bridge (b) arch bridge (c) suspension bridge
  29. 29.Which of these is a suspension bridge? (a) the longest spans of all (b) a flat deck on piers (c) pushes out on its ends (d) good for short gaps
  30. 30.🌉 A beam bridge is 30 m long. Piers split it into equal spans of 15 m. How many spans are there?
  31. 31.Which of these is a beam bridge? (a) pushes out on its ends (b) a rope bridge in hills (c) tall towers hold cables (d) good for short gaps
  32. 32.Which of these is a suspension bridge? (a) a log across a stream (b) tall towers hold cables (c) the simplest bridge (d) pushes out on its ends
  33. 33.True or false: “good for short gaps” is a beam bridge. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.True or false: “the longest spans of all” is a beam bridge. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.🌉 A beam bridge 210 m long is split by piers into 6 equal spans. How long is each span, in metres?
  36. 36.Which of these is a beam bridge? (a) a flat deck on piers (b) pushes out on its ends (c) the longest spans of all (d) deck hangs from cables
  37. 37.True or false: “deck hangs from cables” is an arch bridge. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.True or false: “the simplest bridge” is a beam bridge. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.Which of these is an arch bridge? (a) deck hangs from cables (b) the simplest bridge (c) a curve under the deck (d) good for short gaps
  40. 40.🌉 Which bridge type: “the simplest bridge”? (a) suspension bridge (b) arch bridge (c) beam bridge

Answer key

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

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