← Tension and compression lesson New set →

Tension and Compression Worksheet

Engineering lesson 18: Tension and compression · Set 11 · 40 questions
TalentJR

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.

NameDateTime takenScore ___ / 40
  1. 1.True or false: a tow rope on a car is in tension (pulled). (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.🪢 A concrete slab weighing 200 N rests evenly on 2 identical pillars. What compression force does each pillar carry, in newtons?
  3. 3.🪢 A stage stands on 5 identical legs and each leg is squeezed with 550 N. What is the total load on the stage, in newtons?
  4. 4.True or false: a tent guy rope is in compression (pushed). (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a stone in an arch (b) a crane lifting cable (c) a brick at a wall base (d) a pillar under a roof
  6. 6.🪢 Tension or compression: a squeezed spring? (a) compression (b) tension
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bridge pier (b) a suspension cable (c) a brick at a wall base (d) a pillar under a roof
  8. 8.🪢 A sign weighing 300 N hangs from 3 identical vertical ropes that share the load equally. What is the tension in each rope, in newtons?
  9. 9.🪢 A concrete slab weighing 2000 N rests evenly on 2 identical pillars. What compression force does each pillar carry, in newtons?
  10. 10.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a table leg (b) a tall bridge tower (c) a pillar under a roof (d) a tow rope on a car
  11. 11.🪢 A sign weighing 950 N hangs from 5 identical vertical ropes that share the load equally. What is the tension in each rope, in newtons?
  12. 12.🪢 A sign weighing 600 N hangs from 5 identical vertical ropes that share the load equally. What is the tension in each rope, in newtons?
  13. 13.🪢 Tension or compression: a crane lifting cable? (a) compression (b) tension
  14. 14.🪢 A concrete slab weighing 3900 N rests evenly on 3 identical pillars. What compression force does each pillar carry, in newtons?
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a hanging lamp chain (b) a tow rope on a car (c) a brick at a wall base (d) a crane lifting cable
  16. 16.🪢 A concrete slab weighing 9000 N rests evenly on 6 identical pillars. What compression force does each pillar carry, in newtons?
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a pillar under a roof (b) a brick at a wall base (c) a temple column (d) a hanging lamp chain
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stretched rubber band (b) a tow rope on a car (c) a stone in an arch (d) a tent guy rope
  19. 19.True or false: a brick at a wall base is in compression (pushed). (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.True or false: a swing chain is in tension (pulled). (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a pillar under a roof (b) a suspension cable (c) a tent guy rope (d) a tow rope on a car
  22. 22.🪢 Tension or compression: a tug of war rope? (a) compression (b) tension
  23. 23.🪢 Tension or compression: a tent guy rope? (a) compression (b) tension
  24. 24.True or false: a crane lifting cable is in compression (pushed). (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.🪢 A stage stands on 6 identical legs and each leg is squeezed with 1000 N. What is the total load on the stage, in newtons?
  26. 26.True or false: a squeezed spring is in compression (pushed). (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a hanging lamp chain (b) a suspension cable (c) a squeezed spring (d) a crane lifting cable
  28. 28.🪢 A stage stands on 4 identical legs and each leg is squeezed with 300 N. What is the total load on the stage, in newtons?
  29. 29.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a swing chain (b) a temple column (c) a hanging lamp chain (d) a suspension cable
  30. 30.🪢 A concrete slab weighing 1500 N rests evenly on 5 identical pillars. What compression force does each pillar carry, in newtons?
  31. 31.🪢 Tension or compression: a stretched rubber band? (a) tension (b) compression
  32. 32.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a tall bridge tower (b) a tent guy rope (c) a hanging lamp chain (d) a tow rope on a car
  33. 33.🪢 A concrete slab weighing 9500 N rests evenly on 5 identical pillars. What compression force does each pillar carry, in newtons?
  34. 34.🪢 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?
  35. 35.True or false: a tug of war rope is in tension (pulled). (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.🪢 Tension is a force that … (a) pushes or squeezes (b) heats things (c) turns things (d) pulls or stretches
  37. 37.True or false: a tall bridge tower is in compression (pushed). (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: a crane lifting cable is in tension (pulled). (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🪢 Tension or compression: a swing chain? (a) compression (b) tension
  40. 40.True or false: a tow rope on a car is in compression (pushed). (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. True
  2. 100
  3. 2750
  4. False
  5. a crane lifting cable
  6. compression
  7. a suspension cable
  8. 100
  9. 1000
  10. a tow rope on a car
  11. 190
  12. 120
  13. tension
  14. 1300
  15. a brick at a wall base
  16. 1500
  17. a hanging lamp chain
  18. a stone in an arch
  19. True
  20. True
  21. a pillar under a roof
  22. tension
  23. tension
  24. False
  25. 6000
  26. True
  27. a squeezed spring
  28. 1200
  29. a temple column
  30. 300
  31. tension
  32. a tall bridge tower
  33. 1900
  34. 40
  35. True
  36. pulls or stretches
  37. True
  38. True
  39. tension
  40. False

Free engineering lessons, practice and worksheets at talentjr.in/engineering-for-kids