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Types of Bridges Worksheet

Engineering lesson 20: Types of bridges · Set 968 · 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: “a flat deck on piers”? (a) suspension bridge (b) arch bridge (c) beam bridge
  2. 2.Which of these is a suspension bridge? (a) a flat deck on piers (b) pushes out on its ends (c) good for short gaps (d) tall towers hold cables
  3. 3.Which of these is an arch bridge? (a) the longest spans of all (b) pushes out on its ends (c) a rope bridge in hills (d) good for short gaps
  4. 4.🌉 Which bridge type: “tall towers hold cables”? (a) beam bridge (b) arch bridge (c) suspension bridge
  5. 5.🌉 A beam bridge 480 m long rests on the two river banks and on piers in between, making equal spans of 40 m. How many piers are there?
  6. 6.Which of these is a beam bridge? (a) pushes out on its ends (b) cables tied down at ends (c) the simplest bridge (d) a curve under the deck
  7. 7.🌉 Which bridge type: “the longest spans of all”? (a) arch bridge (b) beam bridge (c) suspension bridge
  8. 8.🌉 Which bridge type: “cables tied down at ends”? (a) beam bridge (b) arch bridge (c) suspension bridge
  9. 9.🌉 In a suspension bridge, the main cables are in … (a) friction (b) compression (c) tension (d) no force
  10. 10.🌉 Which bridge type can cross the widest gap in one span? (a) beam bridge (b) arch bridge (c) log bridge (d) suspension bridge
  11. 11.🌉 Which bridge type: “deck hangs from cables”? (a) arch bridge (b) beam bridge (c) suspension bridge
  12. 12.True or false: “cables tied down at ends” is a suspension bridge. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.Which of these is a beam bridge? (a) deck hangs from cables (b) a rope bridge in hills (c) a flat deck on piers (d) stones squeezed together
  14. 14.Which of these is a suspension bridge? (a) the simplest bridge (b) a flat deck on piers (c) a log across a stream (d) deck hangs from cables
  15. 15.True or false: “a rope bridge in hills” is an arch bridge. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.Which of these is a suspension bridge? (a) a log across a stream (b) pushes out on its ends (c) the longest spans of all (d) the simplest bridge
  17. 17.True or false: “good for short gaps” is a beam bridge. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.🌉 What holds up a long beam bridge in the middle? (a) cables only (b) nothing (c) balloons (d) piers
  19. 19.True or false: “the longest spans of all” is a suspension bridge. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.True or false: “a flat deck on piers” is an arch bridge. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.🌉 A beam bridge 90 m long rests on the two river banks and on piers in between, making equal spans of 45 m. How many piers are there?
  22. 22.🌉 A beam bridge is 105 m long. Piers split it into equal spans of 15 m. How many spans are there?
  23. 23.🌉 A beam bridge is 120 m long. Piers split it into equal spans of 20 m. How many spans are there?
  24. 24.True or false: “the simplest bridge” is a beam bridge. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.🌉 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?
  26. 26.🌉 Which bridge type: “stones squeezed together”? (a) suspension bridge (b) arch bridge (c) beam bridge
  27. 27.🌉 A beam bridge is 100 m long. Piers split it into equal spans of 50 m. How many spans are there?
  28. 28.True or false: “a flat deck on piers” is a suspension bridge. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🌉 Which bridge type: “the simplest bridge”? (a) suspension bridge (b) arch bridge (c) beam bridge
  30. 30.🌉 Which bridge type: “a log across a stream”? (a) suspension bridge (b) arch bridge (c) beam bridge
  31. 31.🌉 Which bridge type: “a rope bridge in hills”? (a) beam bridge (b) suspension bridge (c) arch bridge
  32. 32.Which of these is a beam bridge? (a) a log across a stream (b) deck hangs from cables (c) the longest spans of all (d) a rope bridge in hills
  33. 33.🌉 A beam bridge is 150 m long. Piers split it into equal spans of 50 m. How many spans are there?
  34. 34.True or false: “pushes out on its ends” is an arch bridge. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.🌉 Which bridge type: “pushes out on its ends”? (a) arch bridge (b) beam bridge (c) suspension bridge
  36. 36.Which of these is a suspension bridge? (a) a log across a stream (b) pushes out on its ends (c) stones squeezed together (d) a rope bridge in hills
  37. 37.True or false: “good for short gaps” is an arch bridge. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.Which of these is a beam bridge? (a) pushes out on its ends (b) deck hangs from cables (c) a rope bridge in hills (d) good for short gaps
  39. 39.🌉 A beam bridge is 100 m long. Piers split it into equal spans of 20 m. How many spans are there?
  40. 40.True or false: “a flat deck on piers” is a beam bridge. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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