Tension and Compression Worksheet

Engineering lesson 18: Tension and compression · Set 124 · 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 is the odd one out? (a) a crane lifting cable (b) a suspension cable (c) a pillar under a roof (d) a tow rope on a car
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stone in an arch (b) a tent guy rope (c) a hanging lamp chain (d) a swing chain
3. 3.🪢 Tension or compression: a tent guy rope? (a) tension (b) compression
4. 4.True or false: a crane lifting cable is in compression (pushed). (a) False (b) True
5. 5.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a pillar under a roof (b) a hanging lamp chain (c) a brick at a wall base (d) a bridge pier
6. 6.True or false: a tow rope on a car is in compression (pushed). (a) True (b) False
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a tent guy rope (b) a tug of war rope (c) a suspension cable (d) a squeezed spring
8. 8.🪢 A concrete slab weighing 8400 N rests evenly on 3 identical pillars. What compression force does each pillar carry, in newtons?
9. 9.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a stretched rubber band (b) a bridge pier (c) a temple column (d) a pillar under a roof
10. 10.True or false: a tug of war rope is in tension (pulled). (a) True (b) False
11. 11.🪢 Tension or compression: a suspension cable? (a) compression (b) tension
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a swing chain (b) a brick at a wall base (c) a tow rope on a car (d) a tug of war rope
13. 13.🪢 Tension or compression: a stretched rubber band? (a) compression (b) tension
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a table leg (b) a temple column (c) a hanging lamp chain (d) a squeezed spring
15. 15.True or false: a hanging lamp chain is in tension (pulled). (a) False (b) True
16. 16.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a stretched rubber band (b) a tow rope on a car (c) a tall bridge tower (d) a suspension cable
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a tall bridge tower (b) a table leg (c) a crane lifting cable (d) a stone in an arch
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a pillar under a roof (b) a stone in an arch (c) a tent guy rope (d) a tall bridge tower
19. 19.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a squeezed spring (b) a table leg (c) a pillar under a roof (d) a suspension cable
20. 20.🪢 A sign weighing 240 N hangs from 6 identical vertical ropes that share the load equally. What is the tension in each rope, in newtons?
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bridge pier (b) a stretched rubber band (c) a squeezed spring (d) a table leg
22. 22.True or false: a stretched rubber band is in tension (pulled). (a) True (b) False
23. 23.🪢 Which material is good in tension but useless in compression? (a) a rope (b) a brick (c) a concrete block (d) a stone
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a temple column (b) a tow rope on a car (c) a hanging lamp chain (d) a tug of war rope
25. 25.True or false: a table leg is in tension (pulled). (a) True (b) False
26. 26.🪢 A beam rests on two supports and is pressed down in the middle. Its bottom edge is … (a) stretched (tension) (b) twisted (c) squeezed (compression) (d) not affected
27. 27.🪢 Tension or compression: a swing chain? (a) compression (b) tension
28. 28.🪢 Tension or compression: a pillar under a roof? (a) compression (b) tension
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a table leg (b) a tent guy rope (c) a swing chain (d) a tug of war rope
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a tall bridge tower (b) a swing chain (c) a hanging lamp chain (d) a suspension cable
31. 31.True or false: a squeezed spring is in tension (pulled). (a) True (b) False
32. 32.True or false: a squeezed spring is in compression (pushed). (a) True (b) False
33. 33.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a tug of war rope (b) a temple column (c) a bridge pier (d) a brick at a wall base
34. 34.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a crane lifting cable (b) a tent guy rope (c) a tug of war rope (d) a brick at a wall base
35. 35.🪢 A sign weighing 20 N hangs from 2 identical vertical ropes that share the load equally. What is the tension in each rope, in newtons?
36. 36.🪢 A concrete slab weighing 2400 N rests evenly on 6 identical pillars. What compression force does each pillar carry, in newtons?
37. 37.🪢 A concrete slab weighing 3500 N rests evenly on 7 identical pillars. What compression force does each pillar carry, in newtons?
38. 38.🪢 Tension or compression: a tug of war rope? (a) compression (b) tension
39. 39.🪢 Tension or compression: a tow rope on a car? (a) tension (b) compression
40. 40.🪢 A sign weighing 40 N hangs from 4 identical vertical ropes that share the load equally. What is the tension in each rope, in newtons?

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