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Tension and Compression Worksheet

Engineering lesson 18: Tension and compression · Set 564 · 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.🪢 Tension is a force that … (a) pushes or squeezes (b) heats things (c) turns things (d) pulls or stretches
  2. 2.🪢 A sign weighing 420 N hangs from 6 identical vertical ropes that share the load equally. What is the tension in each rope, in newtons?
  3. 3.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a crane lifting cable (b) a pillar under a roof (c) a tug of war rope (d) a suspension cable
  4. 4.True or false: a swing chain is in tension (pulled). (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a stone in an arch (b) a swing chain (c) a suspension cable (d) a tow rope on a car
  6. 6.🪢 A sign weighing 600 N hangs from 5 identical vertical ropes that share the load equally. What is the tension in each rope, in newtons?
  7. 7.🪢 Tension or compression: a swing chain? (a) tension (b) compression
  8. 8.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a temple column (b) a table leg (c) a suspension cable (d) a pillar under a roof
  9. 9.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a hanging lamp chain (b) a pillar under a roof (c) a brick at a wall base (d) a temple column
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a temple column (b) a crane lifting cable (c) a tow rope on a car (d) a suspension cable
  11. 11.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a bridge pier (b) a tall bridge tower (c) a pillar under a roof (d) a tug of war rope
  12. 12.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a stone in an arch (b) a squeezed spring (c) a stretched rubber band (d) a bridge pier
  13. 13.True or false: a crane lifting cable is in compression (pushed). (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a tent guy rope (b) a stretched rubber band (c) a temple column (d) a tug of war rope
  15. 15.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a swing chain (b) a tent guy rope (c) a brick at a wall base (d) a suspension cable
  16. 16.🪢 A beam rests on two supports and is pressed down in the middle. Its bottom edge is … (a) stretched (tension) (b) twisted (c) squeezed (compression) (d) not affected
  17. 17.🪢 Tension or compression: a brick at a wall base? (a) compression (b) tension
  18. 18.🪢 Tension or compression: a stretched rubber band? (a) compression (b) tension
  19. 19.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a table leg (b) a bridge pier (c) a temple column (d) a swing chain
  20. 20.🪢 A sign weighing 280 N hangs from 2 identical vertical ropes that share the load equally. What is the tension in each rope, in newtons?
  21. 21.True or false: a table leg is in tension (pulled). (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.🪢 Tension or compression: a tall bridge tower? (a) compression (b) tension
  23. 23.🪢 Tension or compression: a tent guy rope? (a) compression (b) tension
  24. 24.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a temple column (b) a brick at a wall base (c) a pillar under a roof (d) a crane lifting cable
  25. 25.True or false: a suspension cable is in compression (pushed). (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.🪢 Tension or compression: a squeezed spring? (a) compression (b) tension
  27. 27.🪢 A sign weighing 700 N hangs from 5 identical vertical ropes that share the load equally. What is the tension in each rope, in newtons?
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a tug of war rope (b) a hanging lamp chain (c) a crane lifting cable (d) a table leg
  29. 29.True or false: a tow rope on a car is in tension (pulled). (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.🪢 A concrete slab weighing 1400 N rests evenly on 2 identical pillars. What compression force does each pillar carry, in newtons?
  31. 31.🪢 A concrete slab weighing 4200 N rests evenly on 6 identical pillars. What compression force does each pillar carry, in newtons?
  32. 32.🪢 Compression is a force that … (a) makes light (b) pulls or stretches (c) pushes or squeezes (d) cools things
  33. 33.True or false: a brick at a wall base is in tension (pulled). (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.True or false: a tow rope on a car is in compression (pushed). (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a swing chain (b) a stretched rubber band (c) a tall bridge tower (d) a tug of war rope
  36. 36.True or false: a brick at a wall base is in compression (pushed). (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.True or false: a squeezed spring is in tension (pulled). (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.True or false: a swing chain is in compression (pushed). (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a hanging lamp chain (b) a crane lifting cable (c) a tug of war rope (d) a bridge pier
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a crane lifting cable (b) a hanging lamp chain (c) a swing chain (d) a pillar under a roof

Answer key

  1. pulls or stretches
  2. 70
  3. a pillar under a roof
  4. True
  5. a stone in an arch
  6. 120
  7. tension
  8. a suspension cable
  9. a hanging lamp chain
  10. a temple column
  11. a tug of war rope
  12. a stretched rubber band
  13. False
  14. a temple column
  15. a brick at a wall base
  16. stretched (tension)
  17. compression
  18. tension
  19. a swing chain
  20. 140
  21. False
  22. compression
  23. tension
  24. a crane lifting cable
  25. False
  26. compression
  27. 140
  28. a table leg
  29. True
  30. 700
  31. 700
  32. pushes or squeezes
  33. False
  34. False
  35. a tall bridge tower
  36. True
  37. False
  38. False
  39. a bridge pier
  40. a pillar under a roof

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