Tension and Compression Worksheet

Engineering lesson 18: Tension and compression · Set 158 · 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 compression (pushed). (a) False (b) True
2. 2.🪢 Tension or compression: a table leg? (a) compression (b) tension
3. 3.🪢 Which material is good in tension but useless in compression? (a) a concrete block (b) a rope (c) a brick (d) a stone
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stretched rubber band (b) a brick at a wall base (c) a hanging lamp chain (d) a suspension cable
5. 5.🪢 Tension is a force that … (a) heats things (b) pushes or squeezes (c) turns things (d) pulls or stretches
6. 6.🪢 A sign weighing 260 N hangs from 2 identical vertical ropes that share the load equally. What is the tension in each rope, in newtons?
7. 7.🪢 Tension or compression: a suspension cable? (a) compression (b) tension
8. 8.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a tug of war rope (b) a hanging lamp chain (c) a squeezed spring (d) a suspension cable
9. 9.🪢 A sign weighing 1080 N hangs from 6 identical vertical ropes that share the load equally. What is the tension in each rope, in newtons?
10. 10.🪢 Tension or compression: a hanging lamp chain? (a) tension (b) compression
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a suspension cable (b) a tow rope on a car (c) a tug of war rope (d) a squeezed spring
12. 12.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a pillar under a roof (b) a stone in an arch (c) a table leg (d) a suspension cable
13. 13.🪢 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
14. 14.🪢 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?
15. 15.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a table leg (b) a brick at a wall base (c) a tow rope on a car (d) a stone in an arch
16. 16.True or false: a crane lifting cable is in tension (pulled). (a) True (b) False
17. 17.🪢 Tension or compression: a stretched rubber band? (a) compression (b) tension
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a temple column (b) a tug of war rope (c) a swing chain (d) a hanging lamp chain
19. 19.True or false: a squeezed spring is in compression (pushed). (a) True (b) False
20. 20.🪢 Compression is a force that … (a) makes light (b) pushes or squeezes (c) pulls or stretches (d) cools things
21. 21.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a stone in an arch (b) a swing chain (c) a crane lifting cable (d) a tug of war rope
22. 22.🪢 Tension or compression: a temple column? (a) compression (b) tension
23. 23.🪢 Tension or compression: a squeezed spring? (a) tension (b) compression
24. 24.🪢 A stage stands on 7 identical legs and each leg is squeezed with 475 N. What is the total load on the stage, in newtons?
25. 25.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a brick at a wall base (b) a swing chain (c) a table leg (d) a squeezed spring
26. 26.🪢 A concrete slab weighing 8400 N rests evenly on 6 identical pillars. What compression force does each pillar carry, in newtons?
27. 27.🪢 A sign weighing 200 N hangs from 4 identical vertical ropes that share the load equally. What is the tension in each rope, in newtons?
28. 28.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a stone in an arch (b) a temple column (c) a tug of war rope (d) a squeezed spring
29. 29.True or false: a hanging lamp chain is in compression (pushed). (a) True (b) False
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a tall bridge tower (b) a table leg (c) a squeezed spring (d) a hanging lamp chain
31. 31.🪢 Tension or compression: a crane lifting cable? (a) tension (b) compression
32. 32.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a tug of war rope (b) a hanging lamp chain (c) a tall bridge tower (d) a suspension cable
33. 33.🪢 A sign weighing 150 N hangs from 5 identical vertical ropes that share the load equally. What is the tension in each rope, in newtons?
34. 34.🪢 Tension or compression: a stone in an arch? (a) tension (b) compression
35. 35.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a table leg (b) a tall bridge tower (c) a pillar under a roof (d) a crane lifting cable
36. 36.True or false: a tent guy rope is in tension (pulled). (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🪢 A sign weighing 330 N hangs from 3 identical vertical ropes that share the load equally. What is the tension in each rope, in newtons?
38. 38.True or false: a stretched rubber band is in tension (pulled). (a) False (b) True
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a swing chain (b) a hanging lamp chain (c) a stone in an arch (d) a stretched rubber band
40. 40.True or false: a brick at a wall base is in tension (pulled). (a) True (b) False

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