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Types of Bridges Worksheet

Engineering lesson 20: Types of bridges · Set 962 · 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 bridge type: “cables tied down at ends”? (a) arch bridge (b) suspension bridge (c) beam bridge
  2. 2.True or false: “tall towers hold cables” is a suspension bridge. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.🌉 What holds up a long beam bridge in the middle? (a) nothing (b) balloons (c) piers (d) cables only
  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 curve under the deck” is a suspension bridge. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.🌉 In a stone arch bridge, the stones are in … (a) tension (b) no force (c) friction (d) compression
  7. 7.🌉 A beam bridge 245 m long rests on the two river banks and on piers in between, making equal spans of 35 m. How many piers are there?
  8. 8.Which of these is an arch bridge? (a) deck hangs from cables (b) a flat deck on piers (c) stones squeezed together (d) cables tied down at ends
  9. 9.🌉 Which bridge type: “a curve under the deck”? (a) beam bridge (b) suspension bridge (c) arch bridge
  10. 10.True or false: “the longest spans of all” is a suspension bridge. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.🌉 A beam bridge 360 m long rests on the two river banks and on piers in between, making equal spans of 30 m. How many piers are there?
  12. 12.True or false: “a log across a stream” is an arch bridge. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.Which of these is a beam bridge? (a) pushes out on its ends (b) a curve under the deck (c) stones squeezed together (d) the simplest bridge
  14. 14.🌉 Which bridge type: “a log across a stream”? (a) beam bridge (b) suspension bridge (c) arch bridge
  15. 15.🌉 Which bridge type: “deck hangs from cables”? (a) beam bridge (b) suspension bridge (c) arch bridge
  16. 16.Which of these is a beam bridge? (a) deck hangs from cables (b) good for short gaps (c) tall towers hold cables (d) a curve under the deck
  17. 17.Which of these is a beam bridge? (a) a flat deck on piers (b) pushes out on its ends (c) deck hangs from cables (d) a rope bridge in hills
  18. 18.🌉 Which bridge type: “good for short gaps”? (a) beam bridge (b) arch bridge (c) suspension bridge
  19. 19.🌉 A beam bridge is 60 m long. Piers split it into equal spans of 10 m. How many spans are there?
  20. 20.🌉 Which bridge type: “the simplest bridge”? (a) beam bridge (b) arch bridge (c) suspension bridge
  21. 21.Which of these is a suspension bridge? (a) tall towers hold cables (b) a curve under the deck (c) stones squeezed together (d) good for short gaps
  22. 22.🌉 Which bridge type: “pushes out on its ends”? (a) beam bridge (b) suspension bridge (c) arch bridge
  23. 23.Which of these is an arch bridge? (a) a rope bridge in hills (b) tall towers hold cables (c) pushes out on its ends (d) cables tied down at ends
  24. 24.True or false: “a flat deck on piers” is a suspension bridge. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.True or false: “a flat deck on piers” is a beam bridge. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.Which of these is a suspension bridge? (a) the simplest bridge (b) the longest spans of all (c) a flat deck on piers (d) pushes out on its ends
  27. 27.🌉 Which bridge type: “tall towers hold cables”? (a) beam bridge (b) suspension bridge (c) arch bridge
  28. 28.True or false: “a log across a stream” is a beam bridge. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.Which of these is a suspension bridge? (a) the simplest bridge (b) good for short gaps (c) a curve under the deck (d) cables tied down at ends
  30. 30.🌉 A beam bridge 180 m long is split by piers into 12 equal spans. How long is each span, in metres?
  31. 31.🌉 A beam bridge is 100 m long. Piers split it into equal spans of 25 m. How many spans are there?
  32. 32.🌉 Which bridge type: “a flat deck on piers”? (a) arch bridge (b) suspension bridge (c) beam bridge
  33. 33.True or false: “pushes out on its ends” is an arch bridge. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.Which of these is an arch bridge? (a) a flat deck on piers (b) tall towers hold cables (c) a curve under the deck (d) the simplest bridge
  35. 35.True or false: “good for short gaps” is a beam bridge. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.True or false: “deck hangs from cables” is an arch bridge. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.🌉 A beam bridge 150 m long rests on the two river banks and on piers in between, making equal spans of 30 m. How many piers are there?
  38. 38.True or false: “deck hangs from cables” is a beam bridge. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: “a rope bridge in hills” is a beam bridge. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.Which of these is a suspension bridge? (a) stones squeezed together (b) a log across a stream (c) a flat deck on piers (d) deck hangs from cables

Answer key

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

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