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Tension and Compression Worksheet

Engineering lesson 18: Tension and compression · Set 781 · 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 of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a squeezed spring (b) a swing chain (c) a brick at a wall base (d) a tall bridge tower
  2. 2.True or false: a stone in an arch is in tension (pulled). (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.🪢 Tension is a force that … (a) turns things (b) heats things (c) pushes or squeezes (d) pulls or stretches
  4. 4.🪢 Tension or compression: a temple column? (a) tension (b) compression
  5. 5.True or false: a bridge pier is in compression (pushed). (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.🪢 Tension or compression: a crane lifting cable? (a) compression (b) tension
  7. 7.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a tent guy rope (b) a swing chain (c) a hanging lamp chain (d) a temple column
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a swing chain (b) a pillar under a roof (c) a brick at a wall base (d) a stone in an arch
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a tug of war rope (b) a table leg (c) a swing chain (d) a suspension cable
  10. 10.🪢 Tension or compression: a squeezed spring? (a) tension (b) compression
  11. 11.🪢 Which material is good in tension but useless in compression? (a) a stone (b) a concrete block (c) a brick (d) a rope
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a temple column (b) a squeezed spring (c) a hanging lamp chain (d) a stone in an arch
  13. 13.🪢 Tension or compression: a suspension cable? (a) compression (b) tension
  14. 14.🪢 Tension or compression: a hanging lamp chain? (a) tension (b) compression
  15. 15.True or false: a hanging lamp chain is in compression (pushed). (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a swing chain (b) a pillar under a roof (c) a crane lifting cable (d) a tent guy rope
  17. 17.🪢 Tension or compression: a pillar under a roof? (a) compression (b) tension
  18. 18.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a bridge pier (b) a hanging lamp chain (c) a stretched rubber band (d) a suspension cable
  19. 19.🪢 Tension or compression: a bridge pier? (a) tension (b) compression
  20. 20.🪢 A sign weighing 160 N hangs from 4 identical vertical ropes that share the load equally. What is the tension in each rope, in newtons?
  21. 21.🪢 A concrete slab weighing 4000 N rests evenly on 4 identical pillars. What compression force does each pillar carry, in newtons?
  22. 22.True or false: a swing chain is in compression (pushed). (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.True or false: a temple column is in tension (pulled). (a) True (b) False
  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.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a table leg (b) a stone in an arch (c) a hanging lamp chain (d) a brick at a wall base
  26. 26.🪢 Compression is a force that … (a) cools things (b) pushes or squeezes (c) makes light (d) pulls or stretches
  27. 27.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a hanging lamp chain (b) a tent guy rope (c) a brick at a wall base (d) a swing chain
  28. 28.True or false: a pillar under a roof is in tension (pulled). (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a tow rope on a car (b) a crane lifting cable (c) a stone in an arch (d) a tent guy rope
  30. 30.True or false: a crane lifting cable is in compression (pushed). (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.🪢 Tension or compression: a tow rope on a car? (a) tension (b) compression
  32. 32.🪢 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?
  33. 33.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a suspension cable (b) a swing chain (c) a table leg (d) a tug of war rope
  34. 34.🪢 Tension or compression: a tent guy rope? (a) compression (b) tension
  35. 35.🪢 Tension or compression: a stone in an arch? (a) tension (b) compression
  36. 36.🪢 Tension or compression: a tall bridge tower? (a) tension (b) compression
  37. 37.🪢 A concrete slab weighing 5600 N rests evenly on 2 identical pillars. What compression force does each pillar carry, in newtons?
  38. 38.🪢 Tension or compression: a brick at a wall base? (a) tension (b) compression
  39. 39.🪢 Tension or compression: a table leg? (a) compression (b) tension
  40. 40.🪢 A sign weighing 800 N hangs from 5 identical vertical ropes that share the load equally. What is the tension in each rope, in newtons?

Answer key

  1. a swing chain
  2. False
  3. pulls or stretches
  4. compression
  5. True
  6. tension
  7. a temple column
  8. a swing chain
  9. a table leg
  10. compression
  11. a rope
  12. a hanging lamp chain
  13. tension
  14. tension
  15. False
  16. a pillar under a roof
  17. compression
  18. a bridge pier
  19. compression
  20. 40
  21. 1000
  22. False
  23. False
  24. stretched (tension)
  25. a hanging lamp chain
  26. pushes or squeezes
  27. a brick at a wall base
  28. False
  29. a stone in an arch
  30. False
  31. tension
  32. 140
  33. a table leg
  34. tension
  35. compression
  36. compression
  37. 2800
  38. compression
  39. compression
  40. 160

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