Tension and Compression Worksheet

Engineering lesson 18: Tension and compression · Set 105 · 40 questions

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.

1. 1.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a suspension cable (b) a table leg (c) a swing chain (d) a crane lifting cable
2. 2.🪢 Which material is good in tension but useless in compression? (a) a stone (b) a concrete block (c) a rope (d) a brick
3. 3.🪢 Tension or compression: a pillar under a roof? (a) tension (b) compression
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a swing chain (b) a tug of war rope (c) a tent guy rope (d) a brick at a wall base
5. 5.🪢 Tension is a force that … (a) heats things (b) pushes or squeezes (c) pulls or stretches (d) turns things
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a swing chain (b) a tow rope on a car (c) a table leg (d) a suspension cable
7. 7.🪢 Tension or compression: a table leg? (a) compression (b) tension
8. 8.🪢 Tension or compression: a crane lifting cable? (a) compression (b) tension
9. 9.🪢 A concrete slab weighing 2400 N rests evenly on 4 identical pillars. What compression force does each pillar carry, in newtons?
10. 10.🪢 Compression is a force that … (a) makes light (b) pulls or stretches (c) cools things (d) pushes or squeezes
11. 11.🪢 A beam rests on two supports and is pressed down in the middle. Its bottom edge is … (a) squeezed (compression) (b) twisted (c) not affected (d) stretched (tension)
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a brick at a wall base (b) a pillar under a roof (c) a tall bridge tower (d) a tow rope on a car
13. 13.🪢 A concrete slab weighing 1400 N rests evenly on 7 identical pillars. What compression force does each pillar carry, in newtons?
14. 14.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a brick at a wall base (b) a temple column (c) a crane lifting cable (d) a squeezed spring
15. 15.🪢 Tension or compression: a suspension cable? (a) tension (b) compression
16. 16.True or false: a tall bridge tower is in tension (pulled). (a) False (b) True
17. 17.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a brick at a wall base (b) a tug of war rope (c) a bridge pier (d) a temple column
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a tug of war rope (b) a table leg (c) a squeezed spring (d) a stone in an arch
19. 19.True or false: a stone in an arch is in tension (pulled). (a) False (b) True
20. 20.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a tall bridge tower (b) a stretched rubber band (c) a tent guy rope (d) a tow rope on a car
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a suspension cable (b) a table leg (c) a squeezed spring (d) a brick at a wall base
22. 22.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a bridge pier (b) a swing chain (c) a temple column (d) a table leg
23. 23.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a hanging lamp chain (b) a tent guy rope (c) a squeezed spring (d) a crane lifting cable
24. 24.🪢 Tension or compression: a tug of war rope? (a) tension (b) compression
25. 25.🪢 Tension or compression: a tow rope on a car? (a) compression (b) tension
26. 26.True or false: a squeezed spring is in tension (pulled). (a) False (b) True
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a tow rope on a car (b) a tent guy rope (c) a tug of war rope (d) a bridge pier
28. 28.🪢 Tension or compression: a stretched rubber band? (a) compression (b) tension
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bridge pier (b) a hanging lamp chain (c) a table leg (d) a pillar under a roof
30. 30.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a tow rope on a car (b) a temple column (c) a table leg (d) a stone in an arch
31. 31.🪢 Tension or compression: a tall bridge tower? (a) tension (b) compression
32. 32.🪢 A sign weighing 450 N hangs from 5 identical vertical ropes that share the load equally. What is the tension in each rope, in newtons?
33. 33.🪢 Tension or compression: a brick at a wall base? (a) compression (b) tension
34. 34.🪢 A sign weighing 100 N hangs from 2 identical vertical ropes that share the load equally. What is the tension in each rope, in newtons?
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a squeezed spring (b) a tug of war rope (c) a hanging lamp chain (d) a stretched rubber band
36. 36.True or false: a brick at a wall base is in tension (pulled). (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stretched rubber band (b) a brick at a wall base (c) a temple column (d) a squeezed spring
38. 38.🪢 A concrete slab weighing 7600 N rests evenly on 4 identical pillars. What compression force does each pillar carry, in newtons?
39. 39.True or false: a hanging lamp chain is in tension (pulled). (a) False (b) True
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a squeezed spring (b) a pillar under a roof (c) a crane lifting cable (d) a temple column

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