Tension and Compression Worksheet

Engineering lesson 18: Tension and compression · Set 113 · 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.True or false: a swing chain is in compression (pushed). (a) True (b) False
2. 2.🪢 Compression is a force that … (a) pushes or squeezes (b) makes light (c) cools things (d) pulls or stretches
3. 3.🪢 Tension or compression: a table leg? (a) compression (b) tension
4. 4.🪢 Which material is good in tension but useless in compression? (a) a concrete block (b) a rope (c) a stone (d) a brick
5. 5.🪢 Tension or compression: a stone in an arch? (a) tension (b) compression
6. 6.🪢 A sign weighing 660 N hangs from 6 identical vertical ropes that share the load equally. What is the tension in each rope, in newtons?
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a tent guy rope (b) a stone in an arch (c) a hanging lamp chain (d) a stretched rubber band
8. 8.🪢 Tension or compression: a swing chain? (a) tension (b) compression
9. 9.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a crane lifting cable (b) a temple column (c) a table leg (d) a bridge pier
10. 10.🪢 A beam rests on two supports and is pressed down in the middle. Its bottom edge is … (a) squeezed (compression) (b) stretched (tension) (c) twisted (d) not affected
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a crane lifting cable (b) a stone in an arch (c) a temple column (d) a pillar under a roof
12. 12.🪢 Tension or compression: a brick at a wall base? (a) compression (b) tension
13. 13.🪢 Tension or compression: a tall bridge tower? (a) tension (b) compression
14. 14.True or false: a stone in an arch is in compression (pushed). (a) True (b) False
15. 15.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a pillar under a roof (b) a temple column (c) a brick at a wall base (d) a tent guy rope
16. 16.🪢 Tension is a force that … (a) heats things (b) turns things (c) pulls or stretches (d) pushes or squeezes
17. 17.True or false: a brick at a wall base is in tension (pulled). (a) True (b) False
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a temple column (b) a tall bridge tower (c) a brick at a wall base (d) a tow rope on a car
19. 19.True or false: a crane lifting cable is in compression (pushed). (a) False (b) True
20. 20.🪢 Tension or compression: a crane lifting cable? (a) compression (b) tension
21. 21.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a table leg (b) a bridge pier (c) a hanging lamp chain (d) a brick at a wall base
22. 22.🪢 Tension or compression: a temple column? (a) tension (b) compression
23. 23.🪢 Tension or compression: a stretched rubber band? (a) tension (b) compression
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a crane lifting cable (b) a tow rope on a car (c) a tug of war rope (d) a tall bridge tower
25. 25.🪢 Tension or compression: a suspension cable? (a) compression (b) tension
26. 26.True or false: a tent guy rope is in tension (pulled). (a) False (b) True
27. 27.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a stone in an arch (b) a tent guy rope (c) a hanging lamp chain (d) a swing chain
28. 28.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a brick at a wall base (b) a suspension cable (c) a tall bridge tower (d) a temple column
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a tent guy rope (b) a crane lifting cable (c) a swing chain (d) a temple column
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a swing chain (b) a stretched rubber band (c) a tent guy rope (d) a table leg
31. 31.🪢 Tension or compression: a hanging lamp chain? (a) compression (b) tension
32. 32.🪢 A sign weighing 300 N hangs from 2 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) False (b) True
34. 34.🪢 A sign weighing 40 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 stretched rubber band (b) a crane lifting cable (c) a pillar under a roof (d) a suspension cable
36. 36.🪢 Tension or compression: a tug of war rope? (a) compression (b) tension
37. 37.True or false: a tow rope on a car is in compression (pushed). (a) True (b) False
38. 38.🪢 A concrete slab weighing 8000 N rests evenly on 5 identical pillars. What compression force does each pillar carry, in newtons?
39. 39.True or false: a tall bridge tower is in compression (pushed). (a) False (b) True
40. 40.True or false: a tug of war rope is in compression (pushed). (a) True (b) False

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