Tension and Compression Worksheet

Engineering lesson 18: Tension and compression · Set 2 · 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 swing chain? (a) tension (b) compression
2. 2.True or false: a tent guy rope is in tension (pulled). (a) True (b) False
3. 3.🪢 A concrete slab weighing 1600 N rests evenly on 4 identical pillars. What compression force does each pillar carry, in newtons?
4. 4.🪢 A stage stands on 6 identical legs and each leg is squeezed with 700 N. What is the total load on the stage, in newtons?
5. 5.🪢 A stage stands on 4 identical legs and each leg is squeezed with 200 N. What is the total load on the stage, in newtons?
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a tug of war rope (b) a temple column (c) a squeezed spring (d) a tall bridge tower
7. 7.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a tall bridge tower (b) a pillar under a roof (c) a squeezed spring (d) a suspension cable
8. 8.🪢 A stage stands on 3 identical legs and each leg is squeezed with 925 N. What is the total load on the stage, in newtons?
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a brick at a wall base (b) a tent guy rope (c) a crane lifting cable (d) a swing chain
10. 10.🪢 Tension is a force that … (a) heats things (b) pulls or stretches (c) pushes or squeezes (d) turns things
11. 11.🪢 A stage stands on 5 identical legs and each leg is squeezed with 125 N. What is the total load on the stage, in newtons?
12. 12.🪢 Tension or compression: a table leg? (a) compression (b) tension
13. 13.🪢 A concrete slab weighing 12800 N rests evenly on 8 identical pillars. What compression force does each pillar carry, in newtons?
14. 14.🪢 Tension or compression: a stretched rubber band? (a) tension (b) compression
15. 15.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a stone in an arch (b) a tent guy rope (c) a temple column (d) a brick at a wall base
16. 16.🪢 A beam rests on two supports and is pressed down in the middle. Its bottom edge is … (a) not affected (b) twisted (c) stretched (tension) (d) squeezed (compression)
17. 17.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a table leg (b) a tug of war rope (c) a temple column (d) a stone in an arch
18. 18.🪢 Which material is good in tension but useless in compression? (a) a stone (b) a concrete block (c) a brick (d) a rope
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a suspension cable (b) a crane lifting cable (c) a stretched rubber band (d) a pillar under a roof
20. 20.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a hanging lamp chain (b) a tow rope on a car (c) a squeezed spring (d) a suspension cable
21. 21.🪢 Tension or compression: a tug of war rope? (a) tension (b) compression
22. 22.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a stone in an arch (b) a stretched rubber band (c) a swing chain (d) a hanging lamp chain
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a tug of war rope (b) a table leg (c) a suspension cable (d) a stretched rubber band
24. 24.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a brick at a wall base (b) a hanging lamp chain (c) a squeezed spring (d) a pillar under a roof
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a hanging lamp chain (b) a suspension cable (c) a squeezed spring (d) a tow rope on a car
26. 26.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a pillar under a roof (b) a tow rope on a car (c) a stretched rubber band (d) a tent guy rope
27. 27.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a tent guy rope (b) a swing chain (c) a brick at a wall base (d) a tow rope on a car
28. 28.🪢 A concrete slab weighing 4000 N rests evenly on 8 identical pillars. What compression force does each pillar carry, in newtons?
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a tow rope on a car (b) a crane lifting cable (c) a suspension cable (d) a tall bridge tower
30. 30.True or false: a squeezed spring is in compression (pushed). (a) False (b) True
31. 31.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a bridge pier (b) a tow rope on a car (c) a tall bridge tower (d) a pillar under a roof
32. 32.🪢 Tension or compression: a tow rope on a car? (a) compression (b) tension
33. 33.True or false: a suspension cable is in tension (pulled). (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🪢 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?
35. 35.🪢 A stage stands on 5 identical legs and each leg is squeezed with 250 N. What is the total load on the stage, in newtons?
36. 36.🪢 Tension or compression: a hanging lamp chain? (a) compression (b) tension
37. 37.🪢 Tension or compression: a tall bridge tower? (a) tension (b) compression
38. 38.True or false: a table leg is in tension (pulled). (a) False (b) True
39. 39.🪢 Tension or compression: a tent guy rope? (a) compression (b) tension
40. 40.🪢 Tension or compression: a crane lifting cable? (a) compression (b) tension

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