Tension and Compression Worksheet

Engineering lesson 18: Tension and compression · Set 290 · 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 tent guy rope is in tension (pulled). (a) True (b) False
2. 2.True or false: a hanging lamp chain is in compression (pushed). (a) False (b) True
3. 3.🪢 A sign weighing 840 N hangs from 6 identical vertical ropes that share the load equally. What is the tension in each rope, in newtons?
4. 4.🪢 A concrete slab weighing 2000 N rests evenly on 4 identical pillars. What compression force does each pillar carry, in newtons?
5. 5.🪢 Which material is good in tension but useless in compression? (a) a concrete block (b) a stone (c) a brick (d) a rope
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a tent guy rope (b) a pillar under a roof (c) a tall bridge tower (d) a table leg
7. 7.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a tall bridge tower (b) a bridge pier (c) a temple column (d) a hanging lamp chain
8. 8.🪢 Tension is a force that … (a) heats things (b) pulls or stretches (c) pushes or squeezes (d) turns things
9. 9.True or false: a bridge pier is in tension (pulled). (a) True (b) False
10. 10.🪢 Tension or compression: a pillar under a roof? (a) tension (b) compression
11. 11.🪢 A concrete slab weighing 1600 N rests evenly on 8 identical pillars. What compression force does each pillar carry, in newtons?
12. 12.🪢 A sign weighing 330 N hangs from 3 identical vertical ropes that share the load equally. What is the tension in each rope, in newtons?
13. 13.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a tow rope on a car (b) a pillar under a roof (c) a temple column (d) a tall bridge tower
14. 14.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a stone in an arch (b) a squeezed spring (c) a stretched rubber band (d) a tall bridge tower
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a tall bridge tower (b) a brick at a wall base (c) a squeezed spring (d) a tow rope on a car
16. 16.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a brick at a wall base (b) a pillar under a roof (c) a tent guy rope (d) a table leg
17. 17.🪢 Tension or compression: a tug of war rope? (a) compression (b) tension
18. 18.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a tall bridge tower (b) a tug of war rope (c) a crane lifting cable (d) a hanging lamp chain
19. 19.True or false: a squeezed spring is in compression (pushed). (a) True (b) False
20. 20.🪢 A concrete slab weighing 6900 N rests evenly on 3 identical pillars. What compression force does each pillar carry, in newtons?
21. 21.True or false: a tug of war rope is in tension (pulled). (a) False (b) True
22. 22.🪢 Tension or compression: a swing chain? (a) tension (b) compression
23. 23.🪢 Tension or compression: a suspension cable? (a) compression (b) tension
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a tall bridge tower (b) a hanging lamp chain (c) a tug of war rope (d) a tent guy rope
25. 25.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a temple column (b) a swing chain (c) a hanging lamp chain (d) a crane lifting cable
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a crane lifting cable (b) a temple column (c) a tent guy rope (d) a suspension cable
27. 27.True or false: a tow rope on a car is in tension (pulled). (a) False (b) True
28. 28.🪢 Tension or compression: a crane lifting cable? (a) tension (b) compression
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a tent guy rope (b) a swing chain (c) a tow rope on a car (d) a brick at a wall base
30. 30.🪢 Compression is a force that … (a) cools things (b) pulls or stretches (c) pushes or squeezes (d) makes light
31. 31.True or false: a suspension cable is in compression (pushed). (a) True (b) False
32. 32.🪢 A stage stands on 3 identical legs and each leg is squeezed with 875 N. What is the total load on the stage, in newtons?
33. 33.🪢 Tension or compression: a stretched rubber band? (a) tension (b) compression
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a tug of war rope (b) a crane lifting cable (c) a suspension cable (d) a stone in an arch
35. 35.🪢 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?
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a crane lifting cable (b) a tug of war rope (c) a squeezed spring (d) a hanging lamp chain
37. 37.🪢 Tension or compression: a tow rope on a car? (a) tension (b) compression
38. 38.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a tug of war rope (b) a tall bridge tower (c) a temple column (d) a stone in an arch
39. 39.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a tent guy rope (b) a brick at a wall base (c) a tug of war rope (d) a suspension cable
40. 40.🪢 A concrete slab weighing 12000 N rests evenly on 8 identical pillars. What compression force does each pillar carry, in newtons?

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