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Types of Bridges Worksheet

Engineering lesson 20: Types of bridges · Set 959 · 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 450 m long is split by piers into 9 equal spans. How long is each span, in metres?
  2. 2.🌉 Which bridge type: “stones squeezed together”? (a) beam bridge (b) arch bridge (c) suspension bridge
  3. 3.True or false: “a log across a stream” is a beam bridge. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.🌉 Which bridge type can cross the widest gap in one span? (a) arch bridge (b) beam bridge (c) log bridge (d) suspension bridge
  5. 5.Which of these is an arch bridge? (a) tall towers hold cables (b) good for short gaps (c) cables tied down at ends (d) stones squeezed together
  6. 6.True or false: “the simplest bridge” is a beam bridge. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.🌉 Which bridge type: “the simplest bridge”? (a) beam bridge (b) suspension bridge (c) arch bridge
  8. 8.Which of these is a suspension bridge? (a) pushes out on its ends (b) a log across a stream (c) a rope bridge in hills (d) a curve under the deck
  9. 9.True or false: “deck hangs from cables” is an arch bridge. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.True or false: “tall towers hold cables” is an arch bridge. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.🌉 Which bridge type: “cables tied down at ends”? (a) suspension bridge (b) beam bridge (c) arch bridge
  12. 12.Which of these is an arch bridge? (a) a rope bridge in hills (b) cables tied down at ends (c) pushes out on its ends (d) the longest spans of all
  13. 13.True or false: “pushes out on its ends” is a suspension bridge. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.Which of these is an arch bridge? (a) the simplest bridge (b) a log across a stream (c) a curve under the deck (d) good for short gaps
  15. 15.Which of these is a suspension bridge? (a) a curve under the deck (b) the simplest bridge (c) a flat deck on piers (d) deck hangs from cables
  16. 16.True or false: “cables tied down at ends” is a suspension bridge. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.Which of these is a suspension bridge? (a) stones squeezed together (b) the longest spans of all (c) a curve under the deck (d) a log across a stream
  18. 18.True or false: “the simplest bridge” is a suspension bridge. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.🌉 In a stone arch bridge, the stones are in … (a) compression (b) tension (c) friction (d) no force
  20. 20.🌉 In a suspension bridge, the main cables are in … (a) compression (b) no force (c) friction (d) tension
  21. 21.True or false: “a curve under the deck” is an arch bridge. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.True or false: “a rope bridge in hills” is a suspension bridge. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.True or false: “a curve under the deck” is a beam bridge. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.🌉 Which bridge type: “a log across a stream”? (a) beam bridge (b) suspension bridge (c) arch bridge
  25. 25.🌉 A beam bridge 500 m long rests on the two river banks and on piers in between, making equal spans of 50 m. How many piers are there?
  26. 26.Which of these is a beam bridge? (a) a flat deck on piers (b) pushes out on its ends (c) stones squeezed together (d) deck hangs from cables
  27. 27.Which of these is a beam bridge? (a) a curve under the deck (b) deck hangs from cables (c) a log across a stream (d) stones squeezed together
  28. 28.🌉 Which bridge type: “a curve under the deck”? (a) beam bridge (b) suspension bridge (c) arch bridge
  29. 29.True or false: “cables tied down at ends” is a beam bridge. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.True or false: “good for short gaps” is an arch bridge. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.🌉 Which bridge type: “pushes out on its ends”? (a) suspension bridge (b) beam bridge (c) arch bridge
  32. 32.🌉 Which bridge type: “good for short gaps”? (a) suspension bridge (b) beam bridge (c) arch bridge
  33. 33.🌉 A beam bridge is 50 m long. Piers split it into equal spans of 25 m. How many spans are there?
  34. 34.🌉 A beam bridge is 250 m long. Piers split it into equal spans of 50 m. How many spans are there?
  35. 35.🌉 A beam bridge is 270 m long. Piers split it into equal spans of 45 m. How many spans are there?
  36. 36.🌉 Which bridge type: “a flat deck on piers”? (a) beam bridge (b) suspension bridge (c) arch bridge
  37. 37.True or false: “the longest spans of all” is a beam bridge. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.🌉 What holds up a long beam bridge in the middle? (a) balloons (b) cables only (c) nothing (d) piers
  39. 39.🌉 A beam bridge 350 m long is split by piers into 10 equal spans. How long is each span, in metres?
  40. 40.True or false: “tall towers hold cables” is a beam bridge. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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