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Tension and Compression Worksheet

Engineering lesson 18: Tension and compression · Set 634 · 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 stone in an arch (b) a table leg (c) a tall bridge tower (d) a tow rope on a car
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a temple column (b) a pillar under a roof (c) a tall bridge tower (d) a swing chain
  3. 3.True or false: a suspension cable is in tension (pulled). (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a tug of war rope (b) a suspension cable (c) a bridge pier (d) a stretched rubber band
  5. 5.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a brick at a wall base (b) a tug of war rope (c) a bridge pier (d) a squeezed spring
  6. 6.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a swing chain (b) a hanging lamp chain (c) a pillar under a roof (d) a crane lifting cable
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stretched rubber band (b) a pillar under a roof (c) a bridge pier (d) a tall bridge tower
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a tug of war rope (b) a table leg (c) a stone in an arch (d) a tall bridge tower
  9. 9.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a suspension cable (b) a crane lifting cable (c) a stone in an arch (d) a tow rope on a car
  10. 10.🪢 Tension or compression: a swing chain? (a) tension (b) compression
  11. 11.🪢 Tension or compression: a tall bridge tower? (a) compression (b) tension
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a tent guy rope (b) a pillar under a roof (c) a brick at a wall base (d) a tall bridge tower
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a temple column (b) a tent guy rope (c) a tug of war rope (d) a crane lifting cable
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a pillar under a roof (b) a swing chain (c) a hanging lamp chain (d) a crane lifting cable
  15. 15.🪢 A sign weighing 600 N hangs from 4 identical vertical ropes that share the load equally. What is the tension in each rope, in newtons?
  16. 16.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a swing chain (b) a tall bridge tower (c) a stone in an arch (d) a bridge pier
  17. 17.🪢 A sign weighing 300 N hangs from 5 identical vertical ropes that share the load equally. What is the tension in each rope, in newtons?
  18. 18.🪢 A sign weighing 480 N hangs from 4 identical vertical ropes that share the load equally. What is the tension in each rope, in newtons?
  19. 19.🪢 Which material is good in tension but useless in compression? (a) a stone (b) a rope (c) a brick (d) a concrete block
  20. 20.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a table leg (b) a tall bridge tower (c) a temple column (d) a crane lifting cable
  21. 21.True or false: a table leg is in tension (pulled). (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.🪢 Tension or compression: a suspension cable? (a) tension (b) compression
  23. 23.🪢 Tension is a force that … (a) turns things (b) heats things (c) pulls or stretches (d) pushes or squeezes
  24. 24.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a brick at a wall base (b) a pillar under a roof (c) a temple column (d) a tow rope on a car
  25. 25.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a tow rope on a car (b) a temple column (c) a hanging lamp chain (d) a swing chain
  26. 26.🪢 Tension or compression: a temple column? (a) tension (b) compression
  27. 27.True or false: a tent guy rope is in compression (pushed). (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.🪢 A sign weighing 720 N hangs from 4 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 tow rope on a car (b) a crane lifting cable (c) a brick at a wall base (d) a stretched rubber band
  30. 30.🪢 Tension or compression: a tow rope on a car? (a) tension (b) compression
  31. 31.🪢 Compression is a force that … (a) makes light (b) pushes or squeezes (c) pulls or stretches (d) cools things
  32. 32.True or false: a stone in an arch is in tension (pulled). (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a stone in an arch (b) a tall bridge tower (c) a table leg (d) a stretched rubber band
  34. 34.True or false: a tent guy rope is in tension (pulled). (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.🪢 A sign weighing 180 N hangs from 6 identical vertical ropes that share the load equally. What is the tension in each rope, in newtons?
  36. 36.True or false: a pillar under a roof is in compression (pushed). (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a brick at a wall base (b) a crane lifting cable (c) a suspension cable (d) a tug of war rope
  38. 38.True or false: a tall bridge tower is in compression (pushed). (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a tug of war rope (b) a swing chain (c) a bridge pier (d) a tow rope on a car
  40. 40.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a hanging lamp chain (b) a tall bridge tower (c) a temple column (d) a table leg

Answer key

  1. a tow rope on a car
  2. a swing chain
  3. True
  4. a bridge pier
  5. a tug of war rope
  6. a pillar under a roof
  7. a stretched rubber band
  8. a tug of war rope
  9. a stone in an arch
  10. tension
  11. compression
  12. a tent guy rope
  13. a temple column
  14. a pillar under a roof
  15. 150
  16. a swing chain
  17. 60
  18. 120
  19. a rope
  20. a crane lifting cable
  21. False
  22. tension
  23. pulls or stretches
  24. a tow rope on a car
  25. a temple column
  26. compression
  27. False
  28. 180
  29. a brick at a wall base
  30. tension
  31. pushes or squeezes
  32. False
  33. a stretched rubber band
  34. True
  35. 30
  36. True
  37. a brick at a wall base
  38. True
  39. a bridge pier
  40. a hanging lamp chain

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