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Operation Build a Bridge Vocabulary

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The squeezing or pushing force on a material, which tends to make it shorter.

a)

compression

b)

tension

c)

shear

d)

tortion

2.

The force on a bridge caused by its own weight.

a)

tension

b)

deck

c)

dead load

d)

live load

3.

The force caused on a bridge by temporary objects such as cars, trucks, people, bikes.

a)

live load

b)

dead load

c)

piers

d)

environmental load

4.
The application of science and math in order to solve problems in the real world.
a)
experimenting
b)
researching
c)
engineering
d)
dreaming
5.

The distance between two bridge supports

a)

deck

b)

span

c)

foundation

d)

load

6.
Which shape is not used to provide extra support to bridges?
a)
Arch
b)
Triangle
c)
Square
7.

Which type of bridge is this?

a)

suspension

b)

truss

c)

arch

d)

beam

8.
What type of bridge is this? 
a)
beam
b)
suspension
c)
truss
d)
cable-stay 
9.

Which type of bridge is this?

a)

beam

b)

suspension

c)

truss

d)

cable-stay

10.

What type of bridge is this?

a)

beam

b)

cable-stay

c)

suspension

d)

arch

11.
The part of the bridge used for transportation.  It could be for vehicles or for walking.
a)
piers
b)
abutments
c)
deck
d)
span
12.

You will find triangular shapes in a truss.

a)

true

b)

false

13.

Beam bridges are suspended by its towers' connecting cables.

a)

true

b)

false

14.

This is an sample or model built to test a concept or process or to act as a thing to be replicated or learned from.

a)

bridge

b)

test dummy

c)

exampler

d)

prototype

15.
The strongest structural shape is _________.
a)
rectangular
b)
arched
c)
square
d)
triangular
16.
What is the name for the part of the bridge that cars move across? 
a)
span
b)
deck
c)
abutment
d)
cable
17.

The sliding of material that causes layers to move in opposite directions.

a)

compression

b)

tension

c)

shear

d)

tortion

18.

The turning or twisting (force) on a material, which tends to produce shear stresses.

a)

compression

b)

tension

c)

shear

d)

tortion

19.

The part of a bridge which connects it to the ground, and transfers loads from the structure to the ground.

a)

deck

b)

span

c)

foundation

d)

load

20.

The force caused on a bridge by temporary objects, such as snow, rain, hail and wind.

a)

live loads

b)

dead loads

c)

piers

d)

environmental loads