Tension and Compression Worksheet

Engineering lesson 18: Tension and compression · Set 126 · 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 tow rope on a car is in tension (pulled). (a) False (b) True
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a temple column (b) a table leg (c) a swing chain (d) a stone in an arch
3. 3.🪢 Tension is a force that … (a) heats things (b) pulls or stretches (c) pushes or squeezes (d) turns things
4. 4.🪢 Tension or compression: a tall bridge tower? (a) tension (b) compression
5. 5.🪢 Tension or compression: a stretched rubber band? (a) compression (b) tension
6. 6.🪢 A stage stands on 4 identical legs and each leg is squeezed with 175 N. What is the total load on the stage, in newtons?
7. 7.🪢 A beam rests on two supports and is pressed down in the middle. Its bottom edge is … (a) not affected (b) squeezed (compression) (c) twisted (d) stretched (tension)
8. 8.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a suspension cable (b) a tow rope on a car (c) a brick at a wall base (d) a swing chain
9. 9.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a table leg (b) a bridge pier (c) a tug of war rope (d) a stone in an arch
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a suspension cable (b) a stone in an arch (c) a crane lifting cable (d) a swing chain
11. 11.🪢 Compression is a force that … (a) pulls or stretches (b) makes light (c) cools things (d) pushes or squeezes
12. 12.True or false: a crane lifting cable is in tension (pulled). (a) True (b) False
13. 13.🪢 A concrete slab weighing 20000 N rests evenly on 8 identical pillars. What compression force does each pillar carry, in newtons?
14. 14.True or false: a tug of war rope is in tension (pulled). (a) False (b) True
15. 15.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a bridge pier (b) a brick at a wall base (c) a table leg (d) a crane lifting cable
16. 16.True or false: a stone in an arch is in tension (pulled). (a) True (b) False
17. 17.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a temple column (b) a tow rope on a car (c) a bridge pier (d) a pillar under a roof
18. 18.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a tall bridge tower (b) a tow rope on a car (c) a stretched rubber band (d) a swing chain
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a table leg (b) a stretched rubber band (c) a swing chain (d) a hanging lamp chain
20. 20.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a tent guy rope (b) a temple column (c) a brick at a wall base (d) a tall bridge tower
21. 21.🪢 A concrete slab weighing 5000 N rests evenly on 2 identical pillars. What compression force does each pillar carry, in newtons?
22. 22.🪢 Tension or compression: a crane lifting cable? (a) compression (b) tension
23. 23.True or false: a tent guy rope is in tension (pulled). (a) False (b) True
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a tow rope on a car (b) a swing chain (c) a stretched rubber band (d) a brick at a wall base
25. 25.True or false: a temple column is in tension (pulled). (a) False (b) True
26. 26.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a bridge pier (b) a tow rope on a car (c) a tent guy rope (d) a swing chain
27. 27.🪢 Tension or compression: a tow rope on a car? (a) compression (b) tension
28. 28.🪢 Tension or compression: a temple column? (a) tension (b) compression
29. 29.🪢 A sign weighing 480 N hangs from 6 identical vertical ropes that share the load equally. What is the tension in each rope, in newtons?
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a table leg (b) a temple column (c) a crane lifting cable (d) a bridge pier
31. 31.🪢 Which material is good in tension but useless in compression? (a) a rope (b) a stone (c) a brick (d) a concrete block
32. 32.True or false: a stone in an arch is in compression (pushed). (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a suspension cable (b) a squeezed spring (c) a pillar under a roof (d) a table leg
34. 34.🪢 A stage stands on 6 identical legs and each leg is squeezed with 900 N. What is the total load on the stage, in newtons?
35. 35.🪢 Tension or compression: a tug of war rope? (a) compression (b) tension
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a tug of war rope (b) a squeezed spring (c) a hanging lamp chain (d) a tent guy rope
37. 37.True or false: a squeezed spring is in compression (pushed). (a) True (b) False
38. 38.🪢 Tension or compression: a stone in an arch? (a) compression (b) tension
39. 39.🪢 A sign weighing 680 N hangs from 4 identical vertical ropes that share the load equally. What is the tension in each rope, in newtons?
40. 40.🪢 A sign weighing 120 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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