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Types of Bridges Worksheet

Engineering lesson 20: Types of bridges · Set 985 · 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 rope bridge in hills”? (a) arch bridge (b) beam bridge (c) suspension bridge
  2. 2.🌉 Which bridge type: “deck hangs from cables”? (a) beam bridge (b) arch bridge (c) suspension bridge
  3. 3.🌉 A beam bridge is 600 m long. Piers split it into equal spans of 50 m. How many spans are there?
  4. 4.🌉 Which bridge type can cross the widest gap in one span? (a) beam bridge (b) suspension bridge (c) arch bridge (d) log bridge
  5. 5.True or false: “a curve under the deck” is a suspension bridge. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.🌉 Which bridge type: “stones squeezed together”? (a) arch bridge (b) suspension bridge (c) beam bridge
  7. 7.🌉 Which bridge type: “a flat deck on piers”? (a) arch bridge (b) suspension bridge (c) beam bridge
  8. 8.True or false: “the longest spans of all” is a suspension bridge. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.🌉 Which bridge type: “good for short gaps”? (a) beam bridge (b) arch bridge (c) suspension bridge
  10. 10.Which of these is a suspension bridge? (a) the simplest bridge (b) the longest spans of all (c) a log across a stream (d) a flat deck on piers
  11. 11.True or false: “the simplest bridge” is a suspension bridge. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.🌉 In a stone arch bridge, the stones are in … (a) no force (b) compression (c) friction (d) tension
  13. 13.🌉 A beam bridge 315 m long rests on the two river banks and on piers in between, making equal spans of 35 m. How many piers are there?
  14. 14.🌉 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?
  15. 15.🌉 What holds up a long beam bridge in the middle? (a) balloons (b) cables only (c) nothing (d) piers
  16. 16.🌉 A beam bridge 120 m long rests on the two river banks and on piers in between, making equal spans of 15 m. How many piers are there?
  17. 17.Which of these is a suspension bridge? (a) pushes out on its ends (b) a rope bridge in hills (c) a log across a stream (d) stones squeezed together
  18. 18.True or false: “a rope bridge in hills” is a beam bridge. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.Which of these is a suspension bridge? (a) good for short gaps (b) a curve under the deck (c) deck hangs from cables (d) pushes out on its ends
  20. 20.🌉 Which bridge type: “a log across a stream”? (a) arch bridge (b) suspension bridge (c) beam bridge
  21. 21.True or false: “good for short gaps” is a suspension bridge. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.🌉 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?
  23. 23.🌉 Which bridge type: “cables tied down at ends”? (a) suspension bridge (b) arch bridge (c) beam bridge
  24. 24.True or false: “tall towers hold cables” is a suspension bridge. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.🌉 Which bridge type: “a curve under the deck”? (a) suspension bridge (b) beam bridge (c) arch bridge
  26. 26.🌉 A beam bridge is 125 m long. Piers split it into equal spans of 25 m. How many spans are there?
  27. 27.🌉 A beam bridge is 175 m long. Piers split it into equal spans of 35 m. How many spans are there?
  28. 28.🌉 Which bridge type: “the longest spans of all”? (a) beam bridge (b) suspension bridge (c) arch bridge
  29. 29.🌉 A beam bridge is 330 m long. Piers split it into equal spans of 30 m. How many spans are there?
  30. 30.True or false: “pushes out on its ends” is an arch bridge. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.🌉 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?
  32. 32.Which of these is an arch bridge? (a) a log across a stream (b) a flat deck on piers (c) stones squeezed together (d) cables tied down at ends
  33. 33.True or false: “the longest spans of all” is an arch bridge. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.True or false: “a log across a stream” is a beam bridge. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.🌉 Which bridge type: “tall towers hold cables”? (a) suspension bridge (b) beam bridge (c) arch bridge
  36. 36.🌉 A beam bridge is 100 m long. Piers split it into equal spans of 50 m. How many spans are there?
  37. 37.🌉 Which bridge type: “the simplest bridge”? (a) suspension bridge (b) beam bridge (c) arch bridge
  38. 38.Which of these is an arch bridge? (a) a rope bridge in hills (b) the longest spans of all (c) pushes out on its ends (d) a log across a stream
  39. 39.🌉 A beam bridge is 300 m long. Piers split it into equal spans of 30 m. How many spans are there?
  40. 40.🌉 A beam bridge 60 m long is split by piers into 2 equal spans. How long is each span, in metres?

Answer key

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

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