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Tension and Compression Worksheet

Engineering lesson 18: Tension and compression · Set 328 · 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.🪢 Compression is a force that … (a) makes light (b) pushes or squeezes (c) pulls or stretches (d) cools things
  2. 2.🪢 Tension or compression: a tow rope on a car? (a) compression (b) tension
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a squeezed spring (b) a pillar under a roof (c) a stretched rubber band (d) a temple column
  4. 4.🪢 A stage stands on 3 identical legs and each leg is squeezed with 675 N. What is the total load on the stage, in newtons?
  5. 5.True or false: a suspension cable is in compression (pushed). (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a table leg (b) a stretched rubber band (c) a suspension cable (d) a tow rope on a car
  7. 7.🪢 Tension or compression: a crane lifting cable? (a) tension (b) compression
  8. 8.🪢 Tension or compression: a stone in an arch? (a) tension (b) compression
  9. 9.🪢 A stage stands on 8 identical legs and each leg is squeezed with 150 N. What is the total load on the stage, in newtons?
  10. 10.🪢 A beam rests on two supports and is pressed down in the middle. Its bottom edge is … (a) squeezed (compression) (b) not affected (c) stretched (tension) (d) twisted
  11. 11.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a temple column (b) a tug of war rope (c) a table leg (d) a brick at a wall base
  12. 12.🪢 Tension or compression: a tent guy rope? (a) compression (b) tension
  13. 13.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a table leg (b) a temple column (c) a pillar under a roof (d) a swing chain
  14. 14.True or false: a tent guy rope is in tension (pulled). (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.🪢 A concrete slab weighing 1600 N rests evenly on 2 identical pillars. What compression force does each pillar carry, in newtons?
  16. 16.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a suspension cable (b) a crane lifting cable (c) a pillar under a roof (d) a tug of war rope
  17. 17.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a pillar under a roof (b) a hanging lamp chain (c) a table leg (d) a temple column
  18. 18.🪢 Tension or compression: a suspension cable? (a) compression (b) tension
  19. 19.🪢 Which material is good in tension but useless in compression? (a) a rope (b) a concrete block (c) a stone (d) a brick
  20. 20.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a tow rope on a car (b) a pillar under a roof (c) a brick at a wall base (d) a temple column
  21. 21.🪢 A stage stands on 5 identical legs and each leg is squeezed with 800 N. What is the total load on the stage, in newtons?
  22. 22.🪢 A stage stands on 3 identical legs and each leg is squeezed with 125 N. What is the total load on the stage, in newtons?
  23. 23.🪢 A stage stands on 5 identical legs and each leg is squeezed with 175 N. What is the total load on the stage, in newtons?
  24. 24.🪢 A stage stands on 4 identical legs and each leg is squeezed with 575 N. What is the total load on the stage, in newtons?
  25. 25.🪢 A concrete slab weighing 7800 N rests evenly on 3 identical pillars. What compression force does each pillar carry, in newtons?
  26. 26.🪢 Tension or compression: a brick at a wall base? (a) compression (b) tension
  27. 27.🪢 A concrete slab weighing 800 N rests evenly on 2 identical pillars. What compression force does each pillar carry, in newtons?
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a table leg (b) a crane lifting cable (c) a tent guy rope (d) a suspension cable
  29. 29.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a stretched rubber band (b) a tow rope on a car (c) a crane lifting cable (d) a temple column
  30. 30.🪢 Tension or compression: a stretched rubber band? (a) tension (b) compression
  31. 31.True or false: a stone in an arch is in compression (pushed). (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a tug of war rope (b) a swing chain (c) a crane lifting cable (d) a squeezed spring
  33. 33.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a suspension cable (b) a hanging lamp chain (c) a tent guy rope (d) a tall bridge tower
  34. 34.🪢 Tension or compression: a tug of war rope? (a) compression (b) tension
  35. 35.True or false: a temple column is in compression (pushed). (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.True or false: a brick at a wall base is in tension (pulled). (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.🪢 Tension is a force that … (a) pushes or squeezes (b) heats things (c) turns things (d) pulls or stretches
  38. 38.🪢 Tension or compression: a hanging lamp chain? (a) compression (b) tension
  39. 39.🪢 Tension or compression: a tall bridge tower? (a) compression (b) tension
  40. 40.True or false: a tug of war rope is in compression (pushed). (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. pushes or squeezes
  2. tension
  3. a stretched rubber band
  4. 2025
  5. False
  6. a table leg
  7. tension
  8. compression
  9. 1200
  10. stretched (tension)
  11. a tug of war rope
  12. tension
  13. a swing chain
  14. True
  15. 800
  16. a pillar under a roof
  17. a hanging lamp chain
  18. tension
  19. a rope
  20. a tow rope on a car
  21. 4000
  22. 375
  23. 875
  24. 2300
  25. 2600
  26. compression
  27. 400
  28. a table leg
  29. a temple column
  30. tension
  31. True
  32. a squeezed spring
  33. a tall bridge tower
  34. tension
  35. True
  36. False
  37. pulls or stretches
  38. tension
  39. compression
  40. False

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