Tension and Compression Worksheet

Engineering lesson 18: Tension and compression · Set 279 · 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.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a pillar under a roof (b) a hanging lamp chain (c) a table leg (d) a tall bridge tower
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bridge pier (b) a tall bridge tower (c) a pillar under a roof (d) a suspension cable
3. 3.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a squeezed spring (b) a pillar under a roof (c) a stone in an arch (d) a tug of war rope
4. 4.🪢 Tension or compression: a stone in an arch? (a) tension (b) compression
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a table leg (b) a brick at a wall base (c) a hanging lamp chain (d) a temple column
6. 6.🪢 A stage stands on 4 identical legs and each leg is squeezed with 450 N. What is the total load on the stage, in newtons?
7. 7.🪢 A concrete slab weighing 1600 N rests evenly on 8 identical pillars. What compression force does each pillar carry, in newtons?
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bridge pier (b) a tow rope on a car (c) a tall bridge tower (d) a brick at a wall base
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a tug of war rope (b) a bridge pier (c) a crane lifting cable (d) a swing chain
10. 10.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a squeezed spring (b) a suspension cable (c) a bridge pier (d) a stone in an arch
11. 11.🪢 Tension or compression: a bridge pier? (a) compression (b) tension
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a crane lifting cable (b) a stretched rubber band (c) a stone in an arch (d) a tent guy rope
13. 13.🪢 A beam rests on two supports and is pressed down in the middle. Its bottom edge is … (a) twisted (b) stretched (tension) (c) not affected (d) squeezed (compression)
14. 14.True or false: a stretched rubber band is in tension (pulled). (a) True (b) False
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bridge pier (b) a brick at a wall base (c) a squeezed spring (d) a stretched rubber band
16. 16.True or false: a tug of war rope is in tension (pulled). (a) False (b) True
17. 17.🪢 A concrete slab weighing 600 N rests evenly on 3 identical pillars. What compression force does each pillar carry, in newtons?
18. 18.True or false: a tall bridge tower is in tension (pulled). (a) True (b) False
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a crane lifting cable (b) a stretched rubber band (c) a hanging lamp chain (d) a tall bridge tower
20. 20.🪢 Tension or compression: a crane lifting cable? (a) tension (b) compression
21. 21.True or false: a pillar under a roof is in compression (pushed). (a) False (b) True
22. 22.🪢 A sign weighing 120 N hangs from 2 identical vertical ropes that share the load equally. What is the tension in each rope, in newtons?
23. 23.🪢 Tension or compression: a hanging lamp chain? (a) compression (b) tension
24. 24.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a bridge pier (b) a suspension cable (c) a tent guy rope (d) a crane lifting cable
25. 25.🪢 A concrete slab weighing 12600 N rests evenly on 6 identical pillars. What compression force does each pillar carry, in newtons?
26. 26.🪢 A stage stands on 6 identical legs and each leg is squeezed with 925 N. What is the total load on the stage, in newtons?
27. 27.🪢 Tension or compression: a brick at a wall base? (a) tension (b) compression
28. 28.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a stretched rubber band (b) a squeezed spring (c) a tow rope on a car (d) a crane lifting cable
29. 29.🪢 Tension or compression: a squeezed spring? (a) compression (b) tension
30. 30.🪢 A concrete slab weighing 2500 N rests evenly on 5 identical pillars. What compression force does each pillar carry, in newtons?
31. 31.🪢 Compression is a force that … (a) cools things (b) pulls or stretches (c) pushes or squeezes (d) makes light
32. 32.🪢 Tension or compression: a pillar under a roof? (a) tension (b) compression
33. 33.🪢 A concrete slab weighing 11900 N rests evenly on 7 identical pillars. What compression force does each pillar carry, in newtons?
34. 34.🪢 A concrete slab weighing 3400 N rests evenly on 2 identical pillars. What compression force does each pillar carry, in newtons?
35. 35.🪢 Tension or compression: a table leg? (a) compression (b) tension
36. 36.🪢 Tension or compression: a swing chain? (a) tension (b) compression
37. 37.🪢 Tension or compression: a temple column? (a) compression (b) tension
38. 38.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a crane lifting cable (b) a tow rope on a car (c) a stone in an arch (d) a hanging lamp chain
39. 39.🪢 A concrete slab weighing 15600 N rests evenly on 6 identical pillars. What compression force does each pillar carry, in newtons?
40. 40.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a brick at a wall base (b) a tug of war rope (c) a suspension cable (d) a crane lifting cable

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