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Engineering lesson 18: Tension and compression · Set 809 · 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 tug of war rope (b) a pillar under a roof (c) a suspension cable (d) a tow rope on a car
  2. 2.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a tow rope on a car (b) a pillar under a roof (c) a stone in an arch (d) a table leg
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stretched rubber band (b) a swing chain (c) a tent guy rope (d) a brick at a wall base
  4. 4.🪢 A sign weighing 240 N hangs from 4 identical vertical ropes that share the load equally. What is the tension in each rope, in newtons?
  5. 5.🪢 Tension or compression: a tug of war rope? (a) compression (b) tension
  6. 6.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a pillar under a roof (b) a tall bridge tower (c) a brick at a wall base (d) a swing chain
  7. 7.🪢 Tension or compression: a suspension cable? (a) tension (b) compression
  8. 8.🪢 Which material is good in tension but useless in compression? (a) a rope (b) a stone (c) a concrete block (d) a brick
  9. 9.🪢 Tension or compression: a bridge pier? (a) compression (b) tension
  10. 10.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a tall bridge tower (b) a suspension cable (c) a stone in an arch (d) a table leg
  11. 11.🪢 A stage stands on 4 identical legs and each leg is squeezed with 350 N. What is the total load on the stage, in newtons?
  12. 12.🪢 Tension or compression: a squeezed spring? (a) compression (b) tension
  13. 13.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a swing chain (b) a temple column (c) a crane lifting cable (d) a tent guy rope
  14. 14.🪢 A concrete slab weighing 1600 N rests evenly on 2 identical pillars. What compression force does each pillar carry, in newtons?
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a temple column (b) a stone in an arch (c) a hanging lamp chain (d) a brick at a wall base
  16. 16.🪢 Tension is a force that … (a) pushes or squeezes (b) turns things (c) pulls or stretches (d) heats things
  17. 17.🪢 A concrete slab weighing 200 N rests evenly on 2 identical pillars. What compression force does each pillar carry, in newtons?
  18. 18.True or false: a crane lifting cable is in compression (pushed). (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.🪢 A sign weighing 540 N hangs from 6 identical vertical ropes that share the load equally. What is the tension in each rope, in newtons?
  20. 20.True or false: a stretched rubber band is in compression (pushed). (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.🪢 Tension or compression: a tent guy rope? (a) compression (b) tension
  22. 22.True or false: a temple column is in compression (pushed). (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.True or false: a tall bridge tower is in compression (pushed). (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.🪢 A beam rests on two supports and is pressed down in the middle. Its bottom edge is … (a) stretched (tension) (b) not affected (c) squeezed (compression) (d) twisted
  25. 25.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a stretched rubber band (b) a tent guy rope (c) a swing chain (d) a pillar under a roof
  26. 26.True or false: a pillar under a roof is in tension (pulled). (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🪢 Tension or compression: a brick at a wall base? (a) compression (b) tension
  28. 28.🪢 Compression is a force that … (a) makes light (b) pushes or squeezes (c) cools things (d) pulls or stretches
  29. 29.True or false: a temple column is in tension (pulled). (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a squeezed spring (b) a tent guy rope (c) a suspension cable (d) a tow rope on a car
  31. 31.🪢 A stage stands on 5 identical legs and each leg is squeezed with 625 N. What is the total load on the stage, in newtons?
  32. 32.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a table leg (b) a stretched rubber band (c) a temple column (d) a pillar under a roof
  33. 33.🪢 Tension or compression: a swing chain? (a) compression (b) tension
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a tow rope on a car (b) a suspension cable (c) a stone in an arch (d) a hanging lamp chain
  35. 35.🪢 A sign weighing 240 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 swing chain is in compression (pushed). (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.True or false: a hanging lamp chain is in compression (pushed). (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.🪢 Tension or compression: a temple column? (a) compression (b) tension
  39. 39.🪢 A sign weighing 60 N hangs from 6 identical vertical ropes that share the load equally. What is the tension in each rope, in newtons?
  40. 40.True or false: a bridge pier is in compression (pushed). (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. a pillar under a roof
  2. a tow rope on a car
  3. a brick at a wall base
  4. 60
  5. tension
  6. a swing chain
  7. tension
  8. a rope
  9. compression
  10. a suspension cable
  11. 1400
  12. compression
  13. a temple column
  14. 800
  15. a hanging lamp chain
  16. pulls or stretches
  17. 100
  18. False
  19. 90
  20. False
  21. tension
  22. True
  23. True
  24. stretched (tension)
  25. a pillar under a roof
  26. False
  27. compression
  28. pushes or squeezes
  29. False
  30. a squeezed spring
  31. 3125
  32. a stretched rubber band
  33. tension
  34. a stone in an arch
  35. 40
  36. False
  37. False
  38. compression
  39. 10
  40. True

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