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Tension and Compression Worksheet

Engineering lesson 18: Tension and compression · Set 9 · 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 compression (pushed)? (a) a swing chain (b) a crane lifting cable (c) a hanging lamp chain (d) a bridge pier
  2. 2.🪢 Compression is a force that … (a) cools things (b) makes light (c) pushes or squeezes (d) pulls or stretches
  3. 3.🪢 Tension or compression: a squeezed spring? (a) tension (b) compression
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a temple column (b) a tent guy rope (c) a bridge pier (d) a stone in an arch
  5. 5.True or false: a tow rope on a car is in tension (pulled). (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a tent guy rope (b) a crane lifting cable (c) a bridge pier (d) a hanging lamp chain
  7. 7.🪢 A sign weighing 120 N hangs from 3 identical vertical ropes that share the load equally. What is the tension in each rope, in newtons?
  8. 8.True or false: a suspension cable is in tension (pulled). (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a swing chain (b) a stretched rubber band (c) a tent guy rope (d) a tall bridge tower
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a tow rope on a car (b) a bridge pier (c) a temple column (d) a pillar under a roof
  11. 11.🪢 A stage stands on 4 identical legs and each leg is squeezed with 375 N. What is the total load on the stage, in newtons?
  12. 12.True or false: a hanging lamp chain is in compression (pushed). (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a hanging lamp chain (b) a tall bridge tower (c) a stone in an arch (d) a bridge pier
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a swing chain (b) a crane lifting cable (c) a tall bridge tower (d) a hanging lamp chain
  15. 15.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a crane lifting cable (b) a tall bridge tower (c) a table leg (d) a brick at a wall base
  16. 16.🪢 A sign weighing 900 N hangs from 5 identical vertical ropes that share the load equally. What is the tension in each rope, in newtons?
  17. 17.True or false: a brick at a wall base is in tension (pulled). (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a suspension cable (b) a pillar under a roof (c) a brick at a wall base (d) a stone in an arch
  19. 19.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a temple column (b) a hanging lamp chain (c) a swing chain (d) a suspension cable
  20. 20.🪢 A beam rests on two supports and is pressed down in the middle. Its bottom edge is … (a) stretched (tension) (b) squeezed (compression) (c) twisted (d) not affected
  21. 21.🪢 Tension or compression: a tug of war rope? (a) tension (b) compression
  22. 22.True or false: a pillar under a roof is in compression (pushed). (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.True or false: a stone in an arch is in compression (pushed). (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.True or false: a swing chain is in tension (pulled). (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.True or false: a temple column is in tension (pulled). (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.🪢 Tension or compression: a stretched rubber band? (a) compression (b) tension
  27. 27.🪢 Tension or compression: a tall bridge tower? (a) tension (b) compression
  28. 28.True or false: a tow rope on a car is in compression (pushed). (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.True or false: a squeezed spring is in compression (pushed). (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.🪢 Tension is a force that … (a) pulls or stretches (b) turns things (c) pushes or squeezes (d) heats things
  31. 31.🪢 A sign weighing 300 N hangs from 6 identical vertical ropes that share the load equally. What is the tension in each rope, in newtons?
  32. 32.🪢 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?
  33. 33.True or false: a stretched rubber band is in tension (pulled). (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🪢 Tension or compression: a tent guy rope? (a) tension (b) compression
  35. 35.🪢 A stage stands on 8 identical legs and each leg is squeezed with 700 N. What is the total load on the stage, in newtons?
  36. 36.🪢 Tension or compression: a table leg? (a) tension (b) compression
  37. 37.🪢 Tension or compression: a tow rope on a car? (a) compression (b) tension
  38. 38.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a temple column (b) a bridge pier (c) a stretched rubber band (d) a stone in an arch
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stone in an arch (b) a swing chain (c) a tent guy rope (d) a stretched rubber band
  40. 40.🪢 Tension or compression: a suspension cable? (a) tension (b) compression

Answer key

  1. a bridge pier
  2. pushes or squeezes
  3. compression
  4. a tent guy rope
  5. True
  6. a bridge pier
  7. 40
  8. True
  9. a tall bridge tower
  10. a tow rope on a car
  11. 1500
  12. False
  13. a hanging lamp chain
  14. a tall bridge tower
  15. a crane lifting cable
  16. 180
  17. False
  18. a suspension cable
  19. a temple column
  20. stretched (tension)
  21. tension
  22. True
  23. True
  24. True
  25. False
  26. tension
  27. compression
  28. False
  29. True
  30. pulls or stretches
  31. 50
  32. 170
  33. True
  34. tension
  35. 5600
  36. compression
  37. tension
  38. a stretched rubber band
  39. a stone in an arch
  40. tension

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