Tension and Compression Worksheet

Engineering lesson 18: Tension and compression · Set 197 · 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.🪢 Tension or compression: a bridge pier? (a) tension (b) compression
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a tall bridge tower (b) a temple column (c) a suspension cable (d) a stone in an arch
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stone in an arch (b) a temple column (c) a squeezed spring (d) a swing chain
4. 4.🪢 A stage stands on 8 identical legs and each leg is squeezed with 375 N. What is the total load on the stage, in newtons?
5. 5.🪢 A sign weighing 1000 N hangs from 5 identical vertical ropes that share the load equally. What is the tension in each rope, in newtons?
6. 6.🪢 A sign weighing 420 N hangs from 6 identical vertical ropes that share the load equally. What is the tension in each rope, in newtons?
7. 7.True or false: a swing chain is in tension (pulled). (a) False (b) True
8. 8.True or false: a tow rope on a car is in compression (pushed). (a) True (b) False
9. 9.🪢 A concrete slab weighing 9600 N rests evenly on 8 identical pillars. What compression force does each pillar carry, in newtons?
10. 10.🪢 Tension or compression: a hanging lamp chain? (a) compression (b) tension
11. 11.🪢 A sign weighing 950 N hangs from 5 identical vertical ropes that share the load equally. What is the tension in each rope, in newtons?
12. 12.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a tug of war rope (b) a tent guy rope (c) a swing chain (d) a bridge pier
13. 13.🪢 A stage stands on 4 identical legs and each leg is squeezed with 525 N. What is the total load on the stage, in newtons?
14. 14.🪢 Compression is a force that … (a) pulls or stretches (b) cools things (c) makes light (d) pushes or squeezes
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a suspension cable (b) a tug of war rope (c) a crane lifting cable (d) a pillar under a roof
16. 16.🪢 Tension or compression: a tent guy rope? (a) compression (b) tension
17. 17.🪢 A sign weighing 150 N hangs from 3 identical vertical ropes that share the load equally. What is the tension in each rope, in newtons?
18. 18.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a tall bridge tower (b) a squeezed spring (c) a table leg (d) a stretched rubber band
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a tall bridge tower (b) a tow rope on a car (c) a temple column (d) a table leg
20. 20.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a tug of war rope (b) a temple column (c) a squeezed spring (d) a bridge pier
21. 21.🪢 Tension or compression: a stone in an arch? (a) compression (b) tension
22. 22.🪢 A beam rests on two supports and is pressed down in the middle. Its bottom edge is … (a) twisted (b) squeezed (compression) (c) stretched (tension) (d) not affected
23. 23.True or false: a table leg is in tension (pulled). (a) False (b) True
24. 24.🪢 Tension or compression: a table leg? (a) tension (b) compression
25. 25.🪢 A concrete slab weighing 4200 N rests evenly on 7 identical pillars. What compression force does each pillar carry, in newtons?
26. 26.🪢 A sign weighing 540 N hangs from 6 identical vertical ropes that share the load equally. What is the tension in each rope, in newtons?
27. 27.🪢 Tension is a force that … (a) heats things (b) pushes or squeezes (c) pulls or stretches (d) turns things
28. 28.🪢 Tension or compression: a tug of war rope? (a) tension (b) compression
29. 29.🪢 A sign weighing 720 N hangs from 6 identical vertical ropes that share the load equally. What is the tension in each rope, in newtons?
30. 30.True or false: a stone in an arch is in tension (pulled). (a) True (b) False
31. 31.True or false: a squeezed spring is in tension (pulled). (a) True (b) False
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a pillar under a roof (b) a stone in an arch (c) a hanging lamp chain (d) a temple column
33. 33.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a pillar under a roof (b) a temple column (c) a stone in an arch (d) a crane lifting cable
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a suspension cable (b) a tent guy rope (c) a tall bridge tower (d) a tug of war rope
35. 35.🪢 A sign weighing 1020 N hangs from 6 identical vertical ropes that share the load equally. What is the tension in each rope, in newtons?
36. 36.🪢 A sign weighing 520 N hangs from 4 identical vertical ropes that share the load equally. What is the tension in each rope, in newtons?
37. 37.🪢 Which material is good in tension but useless in compression? (a) a brick (b) a stone (c) a concrete block (d) a rope
38. 38.🪢 Tension or compression: a crane lifting cable? (a) tension (b) compression
39. 39.🪢 A stage stands on 3 identical legs and each leg is squeezed with 325 N. What is the total load on the stage, in newtons?
40. 40.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a table leg (b) a pillar under a roof (c) a tow rope on a car (d) a temple column

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