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Building Bridges
Types of Bridges
More types of Bridges
Forces in motion
Hodge Podge Bridge
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Building Bridges for 200
What is the strongest geometric shape?
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Building Bridges for 400
The distance between a bridges support is called
its _____.
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Building Bridges for 600
What is used to reinforce concrete?
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Building Bridges for 800
The actual weight of the materials that make up
the bridge. This always remains the same.
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Building Bridges for 1000
The weight of the traffic that crosses the
bridge
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Types of Bridges for 200
Name the three basic types of bridges
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Types of Bridges for 400
When a bridge is a combination of the three basic
types it is called a -------- bridge.
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Types of Bridges for 600
What type of bridge would be best to span 100
feet in a public park, which will mostly carry
pedestrians and bike riders?
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Types of Bridges for 800
What type of bridge would be best for a 2000 foot
span with commuter traffic? It will cross river
and there will be cost constraints.
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Types of Bridges for 1000
What type of bridge would be best for a 5000 foot
span when we dont want to stop water traffic
below? It must be able to sustain heavy traffic!
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More bridges for 200
What type of bridge would be best to span 500
feet, over a 1000 foot gorge in a national park?
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More Bridges for 400
What kind of bridge might say, Im the only
bridge that moves. Sometimes I split my roadway
across the middle and tilt each half up.
Sometimes I raise the entire roadway straight up.
Sometimes I swing to the left or right.
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More Bridges for 600
What kind of bridge might say," I'm a simple
bridge, but also the most common. At each end, I
rest on an abutment, and if Im very long, I am
supported in the middle by piers.
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More bridges for 800
What kind of bridge might say, I almost look the
same upside down as I do right side up. I have
two identical looking structures, one on each
side of the body of water that I cross. The two
structures are joined in the middle by a third
structure.
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More bridges for 1000
What type of bridge might say, Some people think
Im the most beautiful kind of bridge in the
world. My roadway hangs suspended between two
tall towers.
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Forces in Motion for 200
What is the force that pushes on or squeezes
bridge parts?
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Forces in Motion for 400
What is the force that pulls on or stretches
bridge parts?
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Forces in Motion for 600
What was the main force responsible for the
collapse of the Tacoma Narrows Bridge?
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Forces in Motion for 800
What force causes parts of a material to slide
past one another in the opposite directions?
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Forces in Motion for 1000
What force causes a straight material to become
curved, with one side squeezing together and the
opposite side stretching apart?
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Hodge Podge for 200
What is the fear of crossing bridges?
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Hodge Podge for 400
Name 2 major contributions the Romans made toward
bridge building
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Hodge Podge for 600
Name the family responsible for the design and
construction of the Brooklyn Bridge.
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Hodge Podge for 800
Give four reasons why societies need bridges.
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Hodge Podge for 1000
Name 6 natural forces that work to destroy
bridges.
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FINAL JEOPARDY
Draw a suspension, beam, arch, and cantilever
bridge
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FINAL JEOPARDY
Label a bridge with the following terms deck,
abutment, span, foundation, pier
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FINAL JEOPARDY
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