Tension and Compression Worksheet

Engineering lesson 18: Tension and compression · Set 249 · 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.🪢 A stage stands on 6 identical legs and each leg is squeezed with 350 N. What is the total load on the stage, in newtons?
2. 2.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a tent guy rope (b) a pillar under a roof (c) a tall bridge tower (d) a temple column
3. 3.🪢 Tension or compression: a tent guy rope? (a) tension (b) compression
4. 4.True or false: a suspension cable is in tension (pulled). (a) True (b) False
5. 5.🪢 Tension or compression: a tall bridge tower? (a) compression (b) tension
6. 6.🪢 Compression is a force that … (a) cools things (b) pulls or stretches (c) makes light (d) pushes or squeezes
7. 7.🪢 Which material is good in tension but useless in compression? (a) a stone (b) a rope (c) a brick (d) a concrete block
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a swing chain (b) a crane lifting cable (c) a temple column (d) a suspension cable
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stretched rubber band (b) a temple column (c) a brick at a wall base (d) a pillar under a roof
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a brick at a wall base (b) a stone in an arch (c) a table leg (d) a tow rope on a car
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a tall bridge tower (b) a swing chain (c) a table leg (d) a temple column
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a hanging lamp chain (b) a pillar under a roof (c) a tent guy rope (d) a stretched rubber band
13. 13.🪢 Tension or compression: a squeezed spring? (a) tension (b) compression
14. 14.🪢 Tension or compression: a temple column? (a) tension (b) compression
15. 15.🪢 Tension or compression: a brick at a wall base? (a) tension (b) compression
16. 16.🪢 Tension or compression: a hanging lamp chain? (a) compression (b) tension
17. 17.🪢 Tension or compression: a tow rope on a car? (a) compression (b) tension
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stretched rubber band (b) a tall bridge tower (c) a swing chain (d) a crane lifting cable
19. 19.🪢 Tension is a force that … (a) heats things (b) pulls or stretches (c) pushes or squeezes (d) turns things
20. 20.True or false: a stretched rubber band is in tension (pulled). (a) True (b) False
21. 21.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a tow rope on a car (b) a stretched rubber band (c) a suspension cable (d) a table leg
22. 22.🪢 Tension or compression: a stone in an arch? (a) tension (b) compression
23. 23.🪢 A stage stands on 3 identical legs and each leg is squeezed with 275 N. What is the total load on the stage, in newtons?
24. 24.🪢 A sign weighing 80 N hangs from 4 identical vertical ropes that share the load equally. What is the tension in each rope, in newtons?
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a tent guy rope (b) a pillar under a roof (c) a brick at a wall base (d) a squeezed spring
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a hanging lamp chain (b) a pillar under a roof (c) a squeezed spring (d) a temple column
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a tent guy rope (b) a stone in an arch (c) a tow rope on a car (d) a tug of war rope
28. 28.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a temple column (b) a bridge pier (c) a table leg (d) a tug of war rope
29. 29.True or false: a stone in an arch is in compression (pushed). (a) False (b) True
30. 30.🪢 A sign weighing 300 N hangs from 3 identical vertical ropes that share the load equally. What is the tension in each rope, in newtons?
31. 31.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a tow rope on a car (b) a crane lifting cable (c) a stretched rubber band (d) a squeezed spring
32. 32.🪢 Tension or compression: a swing chain? (a) compression (b) tension
33. 33.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a hanging lamp chain (b) a tent guy rope (c) a pillar under a roof (d) a stretched rubber band
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a crane lifting cable (b) a squeezed spring (c) a temple column (d) a tall bridge tower
35. 35.True or false: a temple column is in compression (pushed). (a) True (b) False
36. 36.🪢 A sign weighing 180 N hangs from 2 identical vertical ropes that share the load equally. What is the tension in each rope, in newtons?
37. 37.🪢 A stage stands on 8 identical legs and each leg is squeezed with 125 N. What is the total load on the stage, in newtons?
38. 38.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a bridge pier (b) a pillar under a roof (c) a tall bridge tower (d) a crane lifting cable
39. 39.🪢 Tension or compression: a stretched rubber band? (a) compression (b) tension
40. 40.🪢 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?

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