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Tension and Compression Worksheet

Engineering lesson 18: Tension and compression · Set 757 · 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 temple column is in compression (pushed). (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a swing chain (b) a stretched rubber band (c) a temple column (d) a crane lifting cable
  3. 3.🪢 A stage stands on 6 identical legs and each leg is squeezed with 375 N. What is the total load on the stage, in newtons?
  4. 4.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a brick at a wall base (b) a crane lifting cable (c) a bridge pier (d) a pillar under a roof
  5. 5.🪢 A concrete slab weighing 10000 N rests evenly on 4 identical pillars. What compression force does each pillar carry, in newtons?
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a tall bridge tower (b) a brick at a wall base (c) a table leg (d) a tug of war rope
  7. 7.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a suspension cable (b) a tent guy rope (c) a brick at a wall base (d) a stretched rubber band
  8. 8.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a suspension cable (b) a stone in an arch (c) a hanging lamp chain (d) a tug of war rope
  9. 9.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a tug of war rope (b) a tall bridge tower (c) a tow rope on a car (d) a tent guy rope
  10. 10.True or false: a table leg is in compression (pushed). (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a stone in an arch (b) a stretched rubber band (c) a squeezed spring (d) a table leg
  12. 12.True or false: a suspension cable is in compression (pushed). (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.True or false: a suspension cable is in tension (pulled). (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.True or false: a tow rope on a car is in compression (pushed). (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.True or false: a pillar under a roof is in tension (pulled). (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.🪢 Tension is a force that … (a) heats things (b) turns things (c) pulls or stretches (d) pushes or squeezes
  17. 17.🪢 Tension or compression: a stretched rubber band? (a) compression (b) tension
  18. 18.True or false: a stretched rubber band is in compression (pushed). (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.True or false: a crane lifting cable is in tension (pulled). (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a table leg (b) a pillar under a roof (c) a swing chain (d) a stone in an arch
  21. 21.True or false: a squeezed spring is in compression (pushed). (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.True or false: a stone in an arch is in compression (pushed). (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.🪢 Compression is a force that … (a) makes light (b) pulls or stretches (c) cools things (d) pushes or squeezes
  24. 24.🪢 A beam rests on two supports and is pressed down in the middle. Its bottom edge is … (a) squeezed (compression) (b) not affected (c) twisted (d) stretched (tension)
  25. 25.🪢 Tension or compression: a stone in an arch? (a) tension (b) compression
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stone in an arch (b) a squeezed spring (c) a bridge pier (d) a tent guy rope
  27. 27.🪢 A concrete slab weighing 10500 N rests evenly on 7 identical pillars. What compression force does each pillar carry, in newtons?
  28. 28.🪢 A stage stands on 4 identical legs and each leg is squeezed with 625 N. What is the total load on the stage, in newtons?
  29. 29.🪢 A sign weighing 850 N hangs from 5 identical vertical ropes that share the load equally. What is the tension in each rope, in newtons?
  30. 30.🪢 Tension or compression: a crane lifting cable? (a) tension (b) compression
  31. 31.🪢 A stage stands on 8 identical legs and each leg is squeezed with 650 N. What is the total load on the stage, in newtons?
  32. 32.🪢 Tension or compression: a table leg? (a) tension (b) compression
  33. 33.True or false: a tent guy rope is in tension (pulled). (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🪢 Tension or compression: a temple column? (a) compression (b) tension
  35. 35.🪢 A sign weighing 720 N hangs from 6 identical vertical ropes that share the load equally. What is the tension in each rope, in newtons?
  36. 36.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a swing chain (b) a suspension cable (c) a tent guy rope (d) a pillar under a roof
  37. 37.🪢 Tension or compression: a suspension cable? (a) compression (b) tension
  38. 38.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a stone in an arch (b) a tug of war rope (c) a bridge pier (d) a pillar under a roof
  39. 39.True or false: a brick at a wall base is in compression (pushed). (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a tent guy rope (b) a suspension cable (c) a stone in an arch (d) a stretched rubber band

Answer key

  1. True
  2. a temple column
  3. 2250
  4. a crane lifting cable
  5. 2500
  6. a tug of war rope
  7. a brick at a wall base
  8. a stone in an arch
  9. a tall bridge tower
  10. True
  11. a stretched rubber band
  12. False
  13. True
  14. False
  15. False
  16. pulls or stretches
  17. tension
  18. False
  19. True
  20. a swing chain
  21. True
  22. True
  23. pushes or squeezes
  24. stretched (tension)
  25. compression
  26. a tent guy rope
  27. 1500
  28. 2500
  29. 170
  30. tension
  31. 5200
  32. compression
  33. True
  34. compression
  35. 120
  36. a pillar under a roof
  37. tension
  38. a tug of war rope
  39. True
  40. a stone in an arch

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