Tension and Compression Worksheet

Engineering lesson 18: Tension and compression · Set 291 · 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 is the odd one out? (a) a swing chain (b) a hanging lamp chain (c) a suspension cable (d) a pillar under a roof
2. 2.🪢 A concrete slab weighing 10800 N rests evenly on 4 identical pillars. What compression force does each pillar carry, in newtons?
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a hanging lamp chain (b) a tow rope on a car (c) a suspension cable (d) a bridge pier
4. 4.🪢 Tension or compression: a brick at a wall base? (a) tension (b) compression
5. 5.🪢 Tension or compression: a stone in an arch? (a) tension (b) compression
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a hanging lamp chain (b) a temple column (c) a tow rope on a car (d) a crane lifting cable
7. 7.🪢 Which material is good in tension but useless in compression? (a) a concrete block (b) a stone (c) a brick (d) a rope
8. 8.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a tow rope on a car (b) a hanging lamp chain (c) a crane lifting cable (d) a brick at a wall base
9. 9.🪢 Tension or compression: a tall bridge tower? (a) compression (b) tension
10. 10.🪢 Tension or compression: a tow rope on a car? (a) compression (b) tension
11. 11.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a pillar under a roof (b) a bridge pier (c) a squeezed spring (d) a swing chain
12. 12.True or false: a suspension cable is in compression (pushed). (a) False (b) True
13. 13.🪢 A beam rests on two supports and is pressed down in the middle. Its bottom edge is … (a) squeezed (compression) (b) not affected (c) stretched (tension) (d) twisted
14. 14.🪢 A stage stands on 4 identical legs and each leg is squeezed with 300 N. What is the total load on the stage, in newtons?
15. 15.🪢 A sign weighing 360 N hangs from 4 identical vertical ropes that share the load equally. What is the tension in each rope, in newtons?
16. 16.True or false: a squeezed spring is in compression (pushed). (a) False (b) True
17. 17.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a tug of war rope (b) a swing chain (c) a suspension cable (d) a bridge pier
18. 18.🪢 Tension or compression: a suspension cable? (a) compression (b) tension
19. 19.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a hanging lamp chain (b) a pillar under a roof (c) a stone in an arch (d) a bridge pier
20. 20.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a swing chain (b) a tent guy rope (c) a suspension cable (d) a temple column
21. 21.🪢 Tension is a force that … (a) heats things (b) pushes or squeezes (c) turns things (d) pulls or stretches
22. 22.🪢 Tension or compression: a hanging lamp chain? (a) compression (b) tension
23. 23.True or false: a tug of war rope is in compression (pushed). (a) True (b) False
24. 24.🪢 A concrete slab weighing 3400 N rests evenly on 2 identical pillars. What compression force does each pillar carry, in newtons?
25. 25.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a table leg (b) a tall bridge tower (c) a temple column (d) a suspension cable
26. 26.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a tow rope on a car (b) a brick at a wall base (c) a table leg (d) a pillar under a roof
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a tow rope on a car (b) a pillar under a roof (c) a brick at a wall base (d) a tall bridge tower
28. 28.🪢 A stage stands on 5 identical legs and each leg is squeezed with 450 N. What is the total load on the stage, in newtons?
29. 29.🪢 A stage stands on 4 identical legs and each leg is squeezed with 925 N. What is the total load on the stage, in newtons?
30. 30.🪢 A stage stands on 5 identical legs and each leg is squeezed with 1000 N. What is the total load on the stage, in newtons?
31. 31.True or false: a hanging lamp chain is in compression (pushed). (a) False (b) True
32. 32.True or false: a temple column is in tension (pulled). (a) False (b) True
33. 33.🪢 A sign weighing 540 N hangs from 6 identical vertical ropes that share the load equally. What is the tension in each rope, in newtons?
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a crane lifting cable (b) a swing chain (c) a tow rope on a car (d) a table leg
35. 35.True or false: a swing chain is in tension (pulled). (a) False (b) True
36. 36.🪢 Tension or compression: a table leg? (a) tension (b) compression
37. 37.🪢 A concrete slab weighing 1200 N rests evenly on 3 identical pillars. What compression force does each pillar carry, in newtons?
38. 38.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a tall bridge tower (b) a tent guy rope (c) a squeezed spring (d) a bridge pier
39. 39.🪢 Tension or compression: a squeezed spring? (a) compression (b) tension
40. 40.🪢 Tension or compression: a temple column? (a) compression (b) tension

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