Beam Bridges
Arch Bridges
Truss Bridges
Suspension Bridges
Movable Bridges: Bonus Category (not on the test)
100
The horizontal structure that goes across the water.
What is the deck?
100
An arch bridge has this type of shape.
What is a curve?
100
The strongest shape in the world.
What is a triangle?
100
The tall parts of the suspension bridge. Usually there are two of them.
What are the towers?
100
The type of bridge most associated with a castle.
What is a drawbridge?
200
This is what makes the beam bridge bend.
What is the load?
200
Arch bridges were invented by these ancient people and we still have some of their bridges left in the world.
Who are the Romans?
200
Type of building material usually used to build truss bridges.
What is steel or metal?
200
These are needed to create longer suspension bridges.
What are more towers and cables?
200
Type of movable bridge that sounds like a piece of playground equipment.
What is a swing bridge?
300
This is the weakes point of the beam bridge.
What is the middle?
300
The most important stone that is found at the top of the arch.
What is the keystone?
300
The pushing type of force.
What is compression?
300
In a suspension bridge, the cable exerts this type of force.
What is tension?
300
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This rolling bridge in London is for what type of traffic?
What is foot traffic or pedestrians?
400
The vertical supports that help support the beam.
What is a pier?
400
The massive structure that helps support the arch by pushing against it.
What are the abutments?
400
The pulling type of force.
What is tension?
400
This part of a suspension bridge goes up, goes down and up in the middle like a jump rope, and then goes down again.
What is the cable or main cable?
400
This famous bridge in London is a bascule bridge.
What is the Tower of London Bridge?
500
This is the force that acts on the top side and the two piers of the beam bridge.
What is compression?
500
The oldest bridges left are made from this material.
What are stones?
500
The measurement of distance between two supports in a bridge.
What is the span?
500
They support the main cable using tension to distribute the load evenly.
What are suspenders?
500
A drawbridge in a castle usually goes over this type of waterway.
What is a moat?