Tension and Compression Worksheet

Engineering lesson 18: Tension and compression · Set 16 · 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 of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a tug of war rope (b) a swing chain (c) a table leg (d) a crane lifting cable
2. 2.🪢 A stage stands on 3 identical legs and each leg is squeezed with 350 N. What is the total load on the stage, in newtons?
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stone in an arch (b) a pillar under a roof (c) a squeezed spring (d) a stretched rubber band
4. 4.🪢 A beam rests on two supports and is pressed down in the middle. Its bottom edge is … (a) squeezed (compression) (b) not affected (c) twisted (d) stretched (tension)
5. 5.True or false: a tow rope on a car is in tension (pulled). (a) False (b) True
6. 6.True or false: a tug of war rope is in tension (pulled). (a) False (b) True
7. 7.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a crane lifting cable (b) a temple column (c) a stretched rubber band (d) a swing chain
8. 8.True or false: a temple column is in compression (pushed). (a) False (b) True
9. 9.True or false: a hanging lamp chain is in tension (pulled). (a) False (b) True
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stretched rubber band (b) a suspension cable (c) a tug of war rope (d) a squeezed spring
11. 11.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a suspension cable (b) a stone in an arch (c) a bridge pier (d) a squeezed spring
12. 12.🪢 A concrete slab weighing 11200 N rests evenly on 8 identical pillars. What compression force does each pillar carry, in newtons?
13. 13.True or false: a tall bridge tower is in compression (pushed). (a) True (b) False
14. 14.🪢 A concrete slab weighing 5000 N rests evenly on 5 identical pillars. What compression force does each pillar carry, in newtons?
15. 15.True or false: a brick at a wall base is in compression (pushed). (a) False (b) True
16. 16.🪢 Tension is a force that … (a) pulls or stretches (b) pushes or squeezes (c) turns things (d) heats things
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stone in an arch (b) a tow rope on a car (c) a suspension cable (d) a tug of war rope
18. 18.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a stretched rubber band (b) a squeezed spring (c) a tug of war rope (d) a crane lifting cable
19. 19.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a bridge pier (b) a swing chain (c) a pillar under a roof (d) a brick at a wall base
20. 20.🪢 A stage stands on 4 identical legs and each leg is squeezed with 575 N. What is the total load on the stage, in newtons?
21. 21.True or false: a stretched rubber band is in compression (pushed). (a) False (b) True
22. 22.True or false: a swing chain is in compression (pushed). (a) True (b) False
23. 23.True or false: a temple column is in tension (pulled). (a) False (b) True
24. 24.🪢 A concrete slab weighing 3000 N rests evenly on 6 identical pillars. What compression force does each pillar carry, in newtons?
25. 25.🪢 Tension or compression: a hanging lamp chain? (a) tension (b) compression
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a temple column (b) a squeezed spring (c) a tug of war rope (d) a bridge pier
27. 27.🪢 Tension or compression: a pillar under a roof? (a) tension (b) compression
28. 28.🪢 Tension or compression: a crane lifting cable? (a) tension (b) compression
29. 29.True or false: a table leg is in compression (pushed). (a) True (b) False
30. 30.🪢 Which material is good in tension but useless in compression? (a) a stone (b) a concrete block (c) a rope (d) a brick
31. 31.True or false: a brick at a wall base is in tension (pulled). (a) True (b) False
32. 32.🪢 A concrete slab weighing 4000 N rests evenly on 2 identical pillars. What compression force does each pillar carry, in newtons?
33. 33.🪢 Tension or compression: a tent guy rope? (a) compression (b) tension
34. 34.True or false: a tent guy rope is in tension (pulled). (a) False (b) True
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a brick at a wall base (b) a squeezed spring (c) a tow rope on a car (d) a temple column
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a swing chain (b) a temple column (c) a stretched rubber band (d) a suspension cable
37. 37.🪢 Tension or compression: a squeezed spring? (a) tension (b) compression
38. 38.🪢 A sign weighing 240 N hangs from 4 identical vertical ropes that share the load equally. What is the tension in each rope, in newtons?
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a tow rope on a car (b) a hanging lamp chain (c) a table leg (d) a tug of war rope
40. 40.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a hanging lamp chain (b) a swing chain (c) a tug of war rope (d) a pillar under a roof

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