Tension and Compression Worksheet

Engineering lesson 18: Tension and compression · Set 213 · 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 suspension cable? (a) compression (b) tension
2. 2.🪢 Compression is a force that … (a) pulls or stretches (b) pushes or squeezes (c) makes light (d) cools things
3. 3.🪢 A sign weighing 180 N hangs from 6 identical vertical ropes that share the load equally. What is the tension in each rope, in newtons?
4. 4.🪢 Tension is a force that … (a) heats things (b) pushes or squeezes (c) pulls or stretches (d) turns things
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a tall bridge tower (b) a brick at a wall base (c) a stone in an arch (d) a swing chain
6. 6.🪢 A stage stands on 3 identical legs and each leg is squeezed with 175 N. What is the total load on the stage, in newtons?
7. 7.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a crane lifting cable (b) a suspension cable (c) a stretched rubber band (d) a table leg
8. 8.True or false: a crane lifting cable is in tension (pulled). (a) True (b) False
9. 9.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a tug of war rope (b) a stretched rubber band (c) a swing chain (d) a squeezed spring
10. 10.True or false: a suspension cable is in tension (pulled). (a) True (b) False
11. 11.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a stone in an arch (b) a swing chain (c) a table leg (d) a brick at a wall base
12. 12.🪢 A stage stands on 8 identical legs and each leg is squeezed with 475 N. What is the total load on the stage, in newtons?
13. 13.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a tug of war rope (b) a crane lifting cable (c) a tall bridge tower (d) a suspension cable
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a temple column (b) a tow rope on a car (c) a bridge pier (d) a pillar under a roof
15. 15.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a temple column (b) a stretched rubber band (c) a tall bridge tower (d) a pillar under a roof
16. 16.True or false: a stretched rubber band is in tension (pulled). (a) True (b) False
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a suspension cable (b) a stretched rubber band (c) a tug of war rope (d) a brick at a wall base
18. 18.🪢 A stage stands on 5 identical legs and each leg is squeezed with 100 N. What is the total load on the stage, in newtons?
19. 19.🪢 Tension or compression: a tow rope on a car? (a) tension (b) compression
20. 20.🪢 Tension or compression: a temple column? (a) tension (b) compression
21. 21.True or false: a temple column is in tension (pulled). (a) False (b) True
22. 22.🪢 A beam rests on two supports and is pressed down in the middle. Its bottom edge is … (a) stretched (tension) (b) not affected (c) squeezed (compression) (d) twisted
23. 23.🪢 Tension or compression: a bridge pier? (a) compression (b) tension
24. 24.🪢 Tension or compression: a tent guy rope? (a) tension (b) compression
25. 25.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a stone in an arch (b) a tug of war rope (c) a crane lifting cable (d) a tent guy rope
26. 26.🪢 Tension or compression: a tall bridge tower? (a) tension (b) compression
27. 27.🪢 A stage stands on 8 identical legs and each leg is squeezed with 825 N. What is the total load on the stage, in newtons?
28. 28.True or false: a swing chain is in compression (pushed). (a) True (b) False
29. 29.🪢 Tension or compression: a table leg? (a) compression (b) tension
30. 30.🪢 Which material is good in tension but useless in compression? (a) a rope (b) a concrete block (c) a stone (d) a brick
31. 31.True or false: a stone in an arch is in compression (pushed). (a) False (b) True
32. 32.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a tow rope on a car (b) a brick at a wall base (c) a crane lifting cable (d) a tent guy rope
33. 33.🪢 A stage stands on 6 identical legs and each leg is squeezed with 675 N. What is the total load on the stage, in newtons?
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a pillar under a roof (b) a stone in an arch (c) a stretched rubber band (d) a tall bridge tower
35. 35.🪢 A sign weighing 60 N hangs from 2 identical vertical ropes that share the load equally. What is the tension in each rope, in newtons?
36. 36.True or false: a tow rope on a car is in tension (pulled). (a) True (b) False
37. 37.🪢 A stage stands on 5 identical legs and each leg is squeezed with 875 N. What is the total load on the stage, in newtons?
38. 38.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a swing chain (b) a tug of war rope (c) a tow rope on a car (d) a pillar under a roof
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stone in an arch (b) a temple column (c) a tug of war rope (d) a table leg
40. 40.🪢 A concrete slab weighing 400 N rests evenly on 4 identical pillars. What compression force does each pillar carry, in newtons?

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