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WorksheetsBridges Quiz
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
Forces that try to tear something apart are called ______ stress
Tensile
Compression
Torsion
Tension
Forces that squeeze things together are known as ______ stress.
Torsion
Compression
Tensile
Shear
When 2 materials try to slide by each other causing the material to tear, the stress is known as ______ stress.
Tensile
Torsion
Shear
Compression
When materials twist and bend, the forces are called ______ stress.
Shear
Compression
Tensile
Torsion
When a heavy load is put on the bridge, the material on top ______ while those on the bottom are acted on by ______ forces.
Torsion, Compress
Compress, torsion
Compress, tension
Tension, shear
In modern bridges the two most often used materials are ______ and ______.
Steel and Concrete
Cement and Sand
Pre-stressed Concrete and Steel Beams
I girders and Trusses
Thaddeus Hyatt discovered that a ______ ______ put near the bottom of a concrete beam would give more support for the beam.
Pre-stressed
I Girder
Steel Rod
Cable-stayed
Concrete is a mixture of ______, ______, ______, and ______.
Sand, Stone, Cement and Water
Terrain, reason, Length of span and Weather
Concrete, Water, Sedimentary rock and Mud
Mud, Concrete, Sand and Stone
When rods, wires, or cables are put inside a drying concrete beam and tightened before the concrete dries, the result is known as ______- ______ concrete.
Cable-Stayed
Very-Sturdy
I-Girder
Pre-stressed
The part of a bridge that rests on the ground is known as an ______.
Keystone
Abutment
I-Girder
Tower
The stone used in the top of a stone arch bridge is known as ______.
Topstone
Keystone
Abutment
Concrete stone
Bridges that hold the road surface by cables are known as ______ bridges, and usually used over ______distances.
Suspension, long
Arch, short
Cable-stayed, long
Beam, short
When designing a bridge, four things must be considered: ______, ______, ______, and ______.
Sand, Stone, Water and Cement
Length, What it goes over, Traffic and Materials
Reason, Length of span, Terrain and Weather
Concrete, Steel rods, Steel and Cement
When a beam bridge uses a series of triangular shapes to support a beam, the bride is known as a ______ beam bridge.
Truss
Cantilever
Steel
I- Girdger
Steel bridge parts are often in the shape of a box or an "I". These shapes are known as ______,
Pre-Stressed
I-Girders
Steel-Rods
I-Boxes
