Tension and Compression Worksheet

Engineering lesson 18: Tension and compression · Set 123 · 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) False (b) True
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a tent guy rope (b) a stone in an arch (c) a brick at a wall base (d) a squeezed spring
3. 3.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a crane lifting cable (b) a temple column (c) a tall bridge tower (d) a bridge pier
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a tall bridge tower (b) a table leg (c) a swing chain (d) a squeezed spring
5. 5.🪢 Tension or compression: a stone in an arch? (a) compression (b) tension
6. 6.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a hanging lamp chain (b) a tow rope on a car (c) a brick at a wall base (d) a swing chain
7. 7.🪢 Tension or compression: a tall bridge tower? (a) tension (b) compression
8. 8.🪢 Tension or compression: a brick at a wall base? (a) compression (b) tension
9. 9.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a tug of war rope (b) a squeezed spring (c) a tent guy rope (d) a suspension cable
10. 10.🪢 Tension or compression: a tent guy rope? (a) tension (b) compression
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a tow rope on a car (b) a tent guy rope (c) a crane lifting cable (d) a temple column
12. 12.🪢 A concrete slab weighing 13800 N rests evenly on 6 identical pillars. What compression force does each pillar carry, in newtons?
13. 13.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a squeezed spring (b) a tent guy rope (c) a bridge pier (d) a brick at a wall base
14. 14.True or false: a crane lifting cable is in compression (pushed). (a) True (b) False
15. 15.🪢 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
16. 16.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a temple column (b) a stone in an arch (c) a tow rope on a car (d) a table leg
17. 17.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a swing chain (b) a tall bridge tower (c) a crane lifting cable (d) a stretched rubber band
18. 18.🪢 Tension is a force that … (a) pushes or squeezes (b) heats things (c) pulls or stretches (d) turns things
19. 19.🪢 A concrete slab weighing 3400 N rests evenly on 2 identical pillars. What compression force does each pillar carry, in newtons?
20. 20.True or false: a pillar under a roof is in tension (pulled). (a) True (b) False
21. 21.True or false: a temple column is in compression (pushed). (a) True (b) False
22. 22.🪢 Tension or compression: a temple column? (a) tension (b) compression
23. 23.🪢 Tension or compression: a swing chain? (a) compression (b) tension
24. 24.🪢 A concrete slab weighing 9600 N rests evenly on 6 identical pillars. What compression force does each pillar carry, in newtons?
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stone in an arch (b) a squeezed spring (c) a temple column (d) a tug of war rope
26. 26.🪢 A concrete slab weighing 2000 N rests evenly on 4 identical pillars. What compression force does each pillar carry, in newtons?
27. 27.🪢 Which material is good in tension but useless in compression? (a) a concrete block (b) a rope (c) a stone (d) a brick
28. 28.🪢 Tension or compression: a table leg? (a) tension (b) compression
29. 29.🪢 A concrete slab weighing 17500 N rests evenly on 7 identical pillars. What compression force does each pillar carry, in newtons?
30. 30.🪢 A sign weighing 420 N hangs from 3 identical vertical ropes that share the load equally. What is the tension in each rope, in newtons?
31. 31.🪢 Compression is a force that … (a) cools things (b) makes light (c) pulls or stretches (d) pushes or squeezes
32. 32.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a tow rope on a car (b) a hanging lamp chain (c) a stretched rubber band (d) a temple column
33. 33.True or false: a tent guy rope is in tension (pulled). (a) False (b) True
34. 34.🪢 Tension or compression: a crane lifting cable? (a) tension (b) compression
35. 35.🪢 Tension or compression: a hanging lamp chain? (a) tension (b) compression
36. 36.True or false: a bridge pier is in compression (pushed). (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🪢 A sign weighing 800 N hangs from 5 identical vertical ropes that share the load equally. What is the tension in each rope, in newtons?
38. 38.🪢 Tension or compression: a squeezed spring? (a) tension (b) compression
39. 39.🪢 A sign weighing 320 N hangs from 4 identical vertical ropes that share the load equally. What is the tension in each rope, in newtons?
40. 40.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a tow rope on a car (b) a stone in an arch (c) a suspension cable (d) a swing chain

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