Tension and Compression Worksheet

Engineering lesson 18: Tension and compression · Set 254 · 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.True or false: a brick at a wall base is in compression (pushed). (a) False (b) True
2. 2.🪢 Tension is a force that … (a) pulls or stretches (b) heats things (c) turns things (d) pushes or squeezes
3. 3.🪢 Tension or compression: a bridge pier? (a) compression (b) tension
4. 4.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a squeezed spring (b) a tall bridge tower (c) a suspension cable (d) a bridge pier
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a tent guy rope (b) a brick at a wall base (c) a hanging lamp chain (d) a suspension cable
6. 6.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a bridge pier (b) a stretched rubber band (c) a tow rope on a car (d) a hanging lamp chain
7. 7.🪢 A sign weighing 90 N hangs from 3 identical vertical ropes that share the load equally. What is the tension in each rope, in newtons?
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a tow rope on a car (b) a swing chain (c) a suspension cable (d) a table leg
9. 9.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a hanging lamp chain (b) a swing chain (c) a pillar under a roof (d) a tow rope on a car
10. 10.🪢 A stage stands on 6 identical legs and each leg is squeezed with 225 N. What is the total load on the stage, in newtons?
11. 11.🪢 Tension or compression: a hanging lamp chain? (a) compression (b) tension
12. 12.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a stretched rubber band (b) a squeezed spring (c) a hanging lamp chain (d) a suspension cable
13. 13.🪢 Tension or compression: a tent guy rope? (a) compression (b) tension
14. 14.🪢 A stage stands on 7 identical legs and each leg is squeezed with 275 N. What is the total load on the stage, in newtons?
15. 15.🪢 A stage stands on 7 identical legs and each leg is squeezed with 150 N. What is the total load on the stage, in newtons?
16. 16.True or false: a swing chain is in compression (pushed). (a) False (b) True
17. 17.🪢 A stage stands on 4 identical legs and each leg is squeezed with 250 N. What is the total load on the stage, in newtons?
18. 18.🪢 Tension or compression: a suspension cable? (a) compression (b) tension
19. 19.🪢 A concrete slab weighing 1000 N rests evenly on 5 identical pillars. What compression force does each pillar carry, in newtons?
20. 20.🪢 Which material is good in tension but useless in compression? (a) a concrete block (b) a stone (c) a rope (d) a brick
21. 21.🪢 Tension or compression: a swing chain? (a) compression (b) tension
22. 22.🪢 A concrete slab weighing 5700 N rests evenly on 3 identical pillars. What compression force does each pillar carry, in newtons?
23. 23.🪢 A concrete slab weighing 12000 N rests evenly on 8 identical pillars. What compression force does each pillar carry, in newtons?
24. 24.🪢 A beam rests on two supports and is pressed down in the middle. Its bottom edge is … (a) not affected (b) stretched (tension) (c) twisted (d) squeezed (compression)
25. 25.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a table leg (b) a crane lifting cable (c) a bridge pier (d) a stone in an arch
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a tall bridge tower (b) a squeezed spring (c) a tow rope on a car (d) a temple column
27. 27.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a tall bridge tower (b) a temple column (c) a tug of war rope (d) a squeezed spring
28. 28.🪢 A stage stands on 6 identical legs and each leg is squeezed with 275 N. What is the total load on the stage, in newtons?
29. 29.🪢 Tension or compression: a tug of war rope? (a) tension (b) compression
30. 30.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a stone in an arch (b) a tall bridge tower (c) a swing chain (d) a temple column
31. 31.🪢 Compression is a force that … (a) cools things (b) makes light (c) pushes or squeezes (d) pulls or stretches
32. 32.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a tent guy rope (b) a tug of war rope (c) a stretched rubber band (d) a brick at a wall base
33. 33.True or false: a suspension cable is in tension (pulled). (a) False (b) True
34. 34.True or false: a stretched rubber band is in compression (pushed). (a) True (b) False
35. 35.🪢 A concrete slab weighing 5400 N rests evenly on 3 identical pillars. What compression force does each pillar carry, in newtons?
36. 36.True or false: a suspension cable is in compression (pushed). (a) True (b) False
37. 37.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a tall bridge tower (b) a stretched rubber band (c) a table leg (d) a squeezed spring
38. 38.🪢 Tension or compression: a tow rope on a car? (a) compression (b) tension
39. 39.🪢 A sign weighing 60 N hangs from 6 identical vertical ropes that share the load equally. What is the tension in each rope, in newtons?
40. 40.🪢 A concrete slab weighing 1500 N rests evenly on 3 identical pillars. What compression force does each pillar carry, in newtons?

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