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Tension and Compression Worksheet

Engineering lesson 18: Tension and compression · Set 680 · 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 or compression: a swing chain? (a) tension (b) compression
  2. 2.True or false: a tall bridge tower is in tension (pulled). (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a tow rope on a car (b) a swing chain (c) a tall bridge tower (d) a suspension cable
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a tent guy rope (b) a tow rope on a car (c) a stretched rubber band (d) a table leg
  5. 5.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a squeezed spring (b) a pillar under a roof (c) a swing chain (d) a tall bridge tower
  6. 6.🪢 Which material is good in tension but useless in compression? (a) a rope (b) a concrete block (c) a brick (d) a stone
  7. 7.🪢 A stage stands on 8 identical legs and each leg is squeezed with 500 N. What is the total load on the stage, in newtons?
  8. 8.🪢 A sign weighing 260 N hangs from 2 identical vertical ropes that share the load equally. What is the tension in each rope, in newtons?
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bridge pier (b) a pillar under a roof (c) a squeezed spring (d) a tow rope on a car
  10. 10.🪢 Tension or compression: a tent guy rope? (a) tension (b) compression
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a suspension cable (b) a swing chain (c) a brick at a wall base (d) a hanging lamp chain
  12. 12.🪢 A stage stands on 8 identical legs and each leg is squeezed with 725 N. What is the total load on the stage, in newtons?
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a swing chain (b) a table leg (c) a pillar under a roof (d) a tall bridge tower
  14. 14.🪢 Tension or compression: a brick at a wall base? (a) tension (b) compression
  15. 15.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a stretched rubber band (b) a tall bridge tower (c) a pillar under a roof (d) a bridge pier
  16. 16.🪢 Tension is a force that … (a) heats things (b) turns things (c) pulls or stretches (d) pushes or squeezes
  17. 17.True or false: a squeezed spring is in tension (pulled). (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.🪢 Tension or compression: a bridge pier? (a) compression (b) tension
  19. 19.🪢 A concrete slab weighing 16100 N rests evenly on 7 identical pillars. What compression force does each pillar carry, in newtons?
  20. 20.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a pillar under a roof (b) a hanging lamp chain (c) a brick at a wall base (d) a squeezed spring
  21. 21.🪢 Compression is a force that … (a) makes light (b) pushes or squeezes (c) cools things (d) pulls or stretches
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a pillar under a roof (b) a tall bridge tower (c) a hanging lamp chain (d) a temple column
  23. 23.True or false: a hanging lamp chain is in tension (pulled). (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.🪢 A stage stands on 7 identical legs and each leg is squeezed with 825 N. What is the total load on the stage, in newtons?
  25. 25.🪢 A sign weighing 960 N hangs from 6 identical vertical ropes that share the load equally. What is the tension in each rope, in newtons?
  26. 26.🪢 A concrete slab weighing 600 N rests evenly on 6 identical pillars. What compression force does each pillar carry, in newtons?
  27. 27.🪢 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?
  28. 28.🪢 A concrete slab weighing 3200 N rests evenly on 2 identical pillars. What compression force does each pillar carry, in newtons?
  29. 29.🪢 Tension or compression: a tow rope on a car? (a) compression (b) tension
  30. 30.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a squeezed spring (b) a tow rope on a car (c) a table leg (d) a pillar under a roof
  31. 31.🪢 Tension or compression: a stone in an arch? (a) tension (b) compression
  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.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a stretched rubber band (b) a swing chain (c) a tow rope on a car (d) a brick at a wall base
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a pillar under a roof (b) a crane lifting cable (c) a swing chain (d) a hanging lamp chain
  35. 35.🪢 Tension or compression: a tall bridge tower? (a) compression (b) tension
  36. 36.True or false: a stretched rubber band is in compression (pushed). (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a suspension cable (b) a hanging lamp chain (c) a swing chain (d) a squeezed spring
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a squeezed spring (b) a temple column (c) a table leg (d) a suspension cable
  39. 39.🪢 Tension or compression: a temple column? (a) tension (b) compression
  40. 40.True or false: a table leg is in compression (pushed). (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. tension
  2. False
  3. a tall bridge tower
  4. a table leg
  5. a swing chain
  6. a rope
  7. 4000
  8. 130
  9. a tow rope on a car
  10. tension
  11. a brick at a wall base
  12. 5800
  13. a swing chain
  14. compression
  15. a stretched rubber band
  16. pulls or stretches
  17. False
  18. compression
  19. 2300
  20. a hanging lamp chain
  21. pushes or squeezes
  22. a hanging lamp chain
  23. True
  24. 5775
  25. 160
  26. 100
  27. 20
  28. 1600
  29. tension
  30. a tow rope on a car
  31. compression
  32. 200
  33. a brick at a wall base
  34. a pillar under a roof
  35. compression
  36. False
  37. a squeezed spring
  38. a suspension cable
  39. compression
  40. True

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