Tension and Compression Worksheet

Engineering lesson 18: Tension and compression · Set 187 · 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 hanging lamp chain (b) a stone in an arch (c) a table leg (d) a pillar under a roof
2. 2.🪢 A sign weighing 510 N hangs from 3 identical vertical ropes that share the load equally. What is the tension in each rope, in newtons?
3. 3.🪢 Tension or compression: a table leg? (a) compression (b) tension
4. 4.🪢 Which material is good in tension but useless in compression? (a) a brick (b) a stone (c) a rope (d) a concrete block
5. 5.🪢 A stage stands on 5 identical legs and each leg is squeezed with 900 N. What is the total load on the stage, in newtons?
6. 6.🪢 A stage stands on 5 identical legs and each leg is squeezed with 275 N. What is the total load on the stage, in newtons?
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a pillar under a roof (b) a bridge pier (c) a crane lifting cable (d) a tall bridge tower
8. 8.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a tall bridge tower (b) a brick at a wall base (c) a swing chain (d) a stone in an arch
9. 9.🪢 Tension is a force that … (a) heats things (b) turns things (c) pulls or stretches (d) pushes or squeezes
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stretched rubber band (b) a tent guy rope (c) a temple column (d) a suspension cable
11. 11.🪢 Tension or compression: a suspension cable? (a) compression (b) tension
12. 12.🪢 A beam rests on two supports and is pressed down in the middle. Its bottom edge is … (a) twisted (b) stretched (tension) (c) not affected (d) squeezed (compression)
13. 13.🪢 Tension or compression: a tow rope on a car? (a) tension (b) compression
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a tall bridge tower (b) a squeezed spring (c) a temple column (d) a tow rope on a car
15. 15.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a table leg (b) a temple column (c) a pillar under a roof (d) a crane lifting cable
16. 16.🪢 Tension or compression: a squeezed spring? (a) compression (b) tension
17. 17.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a tow rope on a car (b) a tug of war rope (c) a pillar under a roof (d) a swing chain
18. 18.🪢 A stage stands on 3 identical legs and each leg is squeezed with 875 N. What is the total load on the stage, in newtons?
19. 19.True or false: a bridge pier is in tension (pulled). (a) True (b) False
20. 20.🪢 A concrete slab weighing 8100 N rests evenly on 3 identical pillars. What compression force does each pillar carry, in newtons?
21. 21.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a tow rope on a car (b) a tall bridge tower (c) a suspension cable (d) a stretched rubber band
22. 22.🪢 Tension or compression: a temple column? (a) compression (b) tension
23. 23.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a bridge pier (b) a swing chain (c) a tow rope on a car (d) a tent guy rope
24. 24.True or false: a tow rope on a car is in compression (pushed). (a) False (b) True
25. 25.True or false: a suspension cable is in tension (pulled). (a) False (b) True
26. 26.🪢 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?
27. 27.🪢 Tension or compression: a stretched rubber band? (a) tension (b) compression
28. 28.🪢 A sign weighing 560 N hangs from 4 identical vertical ropes that share the load equally. What is the tension in each rope, in newtons?
29. 29.🪢 A sign weighing 100 N hangs from 5 identical vertical ropes that share the load equally. What is the tension in each rope, in newtons?
30. 30.🪢 A sign weighing 300 N hangs from 5 identical vertical ropes that share the load equally. What is the tension in each rope, in newtons?
31. 31.🪢 Tension or compression: a bridge pier? (a) compression (b) tension
32. 32.🪢 Tension or compression: a crane lifting cable? (a) tension (b) compression
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a crane lifting cable (b) a stone in an arch (c) a suspension cable (d) a hanging lamp chain
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a crane lifting cable (b) a swing chain (c) a tow rope on a car (d) a squeezed spring
35. 35.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a table leg (b) a suspension cable (c) a stone in an arch (d) a bridge pier
36. 36.🪢 A concrete slab weighing 8400 N rests evenly on 4 identical pillars. What compression force does each pillar carry, in newtons?
37. 37.True or false: a suspension cable is in compression (pushed). (a) True (b) False
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a suspension cable (b) a squeezed spring (c) a brick at a wall base (d) a table leg
39. 39.🔍 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 temple column
40. 40.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a tug of war rope (b) a crane lifting cable (c) a suspension cable (d) a squeezed spring

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