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Tension and Compression Worksheet

Engineering lesson 18: Tension and compression · Set 283 · 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.True or false: a tall bridge tower is in compression (pushed). (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.🪢 Tension or compression: a stone in an arch? (a) tension (b) compression
  3. 3.🪢 A stage stands on 4 identical legs and each leg is squeezed with 450 N. What is the total load on the stage, in newtons?
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a tow rope on a car (b) a bridge pier (c) a stretched rubber band (d) a hanging lamp chain
  5. 5.True or false: a hanging lamp chain is in tension (pulled). (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a tow rope on a car (b) a brick at a wall base (c) a temple column (d) a pillar under a roof
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a temple column (b) a table leg (c) a crane lifting cable (d) a stone in an arch
  8. 8.True or false: a pillar under a roof is in tension (pulled). (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a squeezed spring (b) a suspension cable (c) a crane lifting cable (d) a hanging lamp chain
  10. 10.🪢 Compression is a force that … (a) makes light (b) cools things (c) pushes or squeezes (d) pulls or stretches
  11. 11.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a squeezed spring (b) a temple column (c) a tent guy rope (d) a tall bridge tower
  12. 12.🪢 A stage stands on 7 identical legs and each leg is squeezed with 200 N. What is the total load on the stage, in newtons?
  13. 13.🪢 A sign weighing 600 N hangs from 6 identical vertical ropes that share the load equally. What is the tension in each rope, in newtons?
  14. 14.🪢 Tension or compression: a stretched rubber band? (a) tension (b) compression
  15. 15.True or false: a swing chain is in compression (pushed). (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.🪢 A sign weighing 100 N hangs from 2 identical vertical ropes that share the load equally. What is the tension in each rope, in newtons?
  17. 17.🪢 Which material is good in tension but useless in compression? (a) a concrete block (b) a stone (c) a rope (d) a brick
  18. 18.🪢 A concrete slab weighing 12000 N rests evenly on 5 identical pillars. What compression force does each pillar carry, in newtons?
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a crane lifting cable (b) a tug of war rope (c) a pillar under a roof (d) a tow rope on a car
  20. 20.🪢 A concrete slab weighing 1800 N rests evenly on 6 identical pillars. What compression force does each pillar carry, in newtons?
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stretched rubber band (b) a crane lifting cable (c) a swing chain (d) a table leg
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a tow rope on a car (b) a stretched rubber band (c) a tent guy rope (d) a brick at a wall base
  23. 23.🪢 A stage stands on 7 identical legs and each leg is squeezed with 125 N. What is the total load on the stage, in newtons?
  24. 24.🪢 Tension is a force that … (a) heats things (b) pushes or squeezes (c) pulls or stretches (d) turns things
  25. 25.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a tow rope on a car (b) a temple column (c) a bridge pier (d) a pillar under a roof
  26. 26.🪢 Tension or compression: a temple column? (a) compression (b) tension
  27. 27.🪢 Tension or compression: a crane lifting cable? (a) compression (b) tension
  28. 28.🪢 Tension or compression: a tall bridge tower? (a) tension (b) compression
  29. 29.True or false: a tent guy rope is in compression (pushed). (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.True or false: a crane lifting cable is in compression (pushed). (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bridge pier (b) a stone in an arch (c) a temple column (d) a tug of war rope
  32. 32.True or false: a table leg is in compression (pushed). (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a tow rope on a car (b) a crane lifting cable (c) a tall bridge tower (d) a swing chain
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a tow rope on a car (b) a hanging lamp chain (c) a crane lifting cable (d) a stone in an arch
  35. 35.🪢 Tension or compression: a hanging lamp chain? (a) tension (b) compression
  36. 36.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a stone in an arch (b) a pillar under a roof (c) a squeezed spring (d) a stretched rubber band
  37. 37.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a squeezed spring (b) a tall bridge tower (c) a tug of war rope (d) a brick at a wall base
  38. 38.True or false: a crane lifting cable is in tension (pulled). (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: a tow rope on a car is in compression (pushed). (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🪢 Tension or compression: a table leg? (a) tension (b) compression

Answer key

  1. True
  2. compression
  3. 1800
  4. a bridge pier
  5. True
  6. a tow rope on a car
  7. a crane lifting cable
  8. False
  9. a squeezed spring
  10. pushes or squeezes
  11. a tent guy rope
  12. 1400
  13. 100
  14. tension
  15. False
  16. 50
  17. a rope
  18. 2400
  19. a pillar under a roof
  20. 300
  21. a table leg
  22. a brick at a wall base
  23. 875
  24. pulls or stretches
  25. a tow rope on a car
  26. compression
  27. tension
  28. compression
  29. False
  30. False
  31. a tug of war rope
  32. True
  33. a tall bridge tower
  34. a stone in an arch
  35. tension
  36. a stretched rubber band
  37. a tug of war rope
  38. True
  39. False
  40. compression

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