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Tension and Compression Worksheet

Engineering lesson 18: Tension and compression · Set 144 · 40 questions
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Engineer's tip (Pulled or squeezed?): Tension = pulled or stretched (ropes, chains, cables). Compression = pushed or squeezed (pillars, legs, piers, arch stones). Equal sharing: force on each = total load ÷ number of identical ropes or pillars.

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  1. 1.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a temple column (b) a pillar under a roof (c) a brick at a wall base (d) a suspension cable
  2. 2.🪢 Tension or compression: a brick at a wall base? (a) compression (b) tension
  3. 3.🪢 A sign weighing 480 N hangs from 3 identical vertical ropes that share the load equally. What is the tension in each rope, in newtons?
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bridge pier (b) a tent guy rope (c) a swing chain (d) a stretched rubber band
  5. 5.🪢 Tension or compression: a table leg? (a) tension (b) compression
  6. 6.🪢 A sign weighing 300 N hangs from 3 identical vertical ropes that share the load equally. What is the tension in each rope, in newtons?
  7. 7.🪢 Which material is good in tension but useless in compression? (a) a concrete block (b) a brick (c) a rope (d) a stone
  8. 8.True or false: a squeezed spring is in tension (pulled). (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a swing chain (b) a hanging lamp chain (c) a brick at a wall base (d) a suspension cable
  10. 10.🪢 A stage stands on 4 identical legs and each leg is squeezed with 350 N. What is the total load on the stage, in newtons?
  11. 11.True or false: a hanging lamp chain is in tension (pulled). (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.🪢 A stage stands on 5 identical legs and each leg is squeezed with 200 N. What is the total load on the stage, in newtons?
  13. 13.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a brick at a wall base (b) a suspension cable (c) a temple column (d) a tall bridge tower
  14. 14.🪢 Tension or compression: a swing chain? (a) tension (b) compression
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a table leg (b) a stone in an arch (c) a bridge pier (d) a swing chain
  16. 16.🪢 A sign weighing 160 N hangs from 4 identical vertical ropes that share the load equally. What is the tension in each rope, in newtons?
  17. 17.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a suspension cable (b) a swing chain (c) a brick at a wall base (d) a hanging lamp chain
  18. 18.🪢 Tension or compression: a tow rope on a car? (a) compression (b) tension
  19. 19.🪢 Compression is a force that … (a) makes light (b) cools things (c) pulls or stretches (d) pushes or squeezes
  20. 20.🪢 Tension is a force that … (a) turns things (b) pulls or stretches (c) pushes or squeezes (d) heats things
  21. 21.True or false: a suspension cable is in compression (pushed). (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a stone in an arch (b) a tall bridge tower (c) a tow rope on a car (d) a table leg
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a squeezed spring (b) a pillar under a roof (c) a hanging lamp chain (d) a bridge pier
  24. 24.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a crane lifting cable (b) a brick at a wall base (c) a squeezed spring (d) a temple column
  25. 25.🪢 Tension or compression: a crane lifting cable? (a) tension (b) compression
  26. 26.🪢 A concrete slab weighing 700 N rests evenly on 7 identical pillars. What compression force does each pillar carry, in newtons?
  27. 27.🪢 A sign weighing 390 N hangs from 3 identical vertical ropes that share the load equally. What is the tension in each rope, in newtons?
  28. 28.🪢 A sign weighing 180 N hangs from 3 identical vertical ropes that share the load equally. What is the tension in each rope, in newtons?
  29. 29.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a stretched rubber band (b) a tow rope on a car (c) a suspension cable (d) a squeezed spring
  30. 30.True or false: a tug of war rope is in compression (pushed). (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.🪢 A sign weighing 140 N hangs from 2 identical vertical ropes that share the load equally. What is the tension in each rope, in newtons?
  32. 32.🪢 A concrete slab weighing 1000 N rests evenly on 5 identical pillars. What compression force does each pillar carry, in newtons?
  33. 33.🪢 Tension or compression: a hanging lamp chain? (a) tension (b) compression
  34. 34.🪢 A concrete slab weighing 3000 N rests evenly on 5 identical pillars. What compression force does each pillar carry, in newtons?
  35. 35.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a pillar under a roof (b) a swing chain (c) a bridge pier (d) a temple column
  36. 36.🪢 Tension or compression: a tall bridge tower? (a) tension (b) compression
  37. 37.True or false: a crane lifting cable is in compression (pushed). (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.🪢 A sign weighing 100 N hangs from 5 identical vertical ropes that share the load equally. What is the tension in each rope, in newtons?
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a pillar under a roof (b) a stone in an arch (c) a tow rope on a car (d) a squeezed spring
  40. 40.True or false: a bridge pier is in tension (pulled). (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. a suspension cable
  2. compression
  3. 160
  4. a bridge pier
  5. compression
  6. 100
  7. a rope
  8. False
  9. a brick at a wall base
  10. 1400
  11. True
  12. 1000
  13. a suspension cable
  14. tension
  15. a swing chain
  16. 40
  17. a brick at a wall base
  18. tension
  19. pushes or squeezes
  20. pulls or stretches
  21. False
  22. a tow rope on a car
  23. a hanging lamp chain
  24. a crane lifting cable
  25. tension
  26. 100
  27. 130
  28. 60
  29. a squeezed spring
  30. False
  31. 70
  32. 200
  33. tension
  34. 600
  35. a swing chain
  36. compression
  37. False
  38. 20
  39. a tow rope on a car
  40. False

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