Tension and Compression Worksheet

Engineering lesson 18: Tension and compression · Set 302 · 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 sign weighing 150 N hangs from 3 identical vertical ropes that share the load equally. What is the tension in each rope, in newtons?
2. 2.🪢 Which material is good in tension but useless in compression? (a) a stone (b) a brick (c) a rope (d) a concrete block
3. 3.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a tent guy rope (b) a temple column (c) a bridge pier (d) a pillar under a roof
4. 4.🪢 Tension or compression: a hanging lamp chain? (a) tension (b) compression
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stone in an arch (b) a tug of war rope (c) a table leg (d) a pillar under a roof
6. 6.🪢 Tension or compression: a crane lifting cable? (a) compression (b) tension
7. 7.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a pillar under a roof (b) a tug of war rope (c) a stretched rubber band (d) a hanging lamp chain
8. 8.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a hanging lamp chain (b) a suspension cable (c) a squeezed spring (d) a tug of war rope
9. 9.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a crane lifting cable (b) a temple column (c) a brick at a wall base (d) a table leg
10. 10.🪢 Tension or compression: a brick at a wall base? (a) tension (b) compression
11. 11.🪢 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?
12. 12.🪢 Tension or compression: a stone in an arch? (a) tension (b) compression
13. 13.True or false: a hanging lamp chain is in tension (pulled). (a) True (b) False
14. 14.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a brick at a wall base (b) a pillar under a roof (c) a tow rope on a car (d) a stone in an arch
15. 15.🪢 Tension or compression: a squeezed spring? (a) compression (b) tension
16. 16.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a tent guy rope (b) a tug of war rope (c) a bridge pier (d) a crane lifting cable
17. 17.🪢 Tension or compression: a bridge pier? (a) tension (b) compression
18. 18.🪢 A concrete slab weighing 11500 N rests evenly on 5 identical pillars. What compression force does each pillar carry, in newtons?
19. 19.True or false: a tug of war rope is in tension (pulled). (a) True (b) False
20. 20.🪢 A sign weighing 60 N hangs from 3 identical vertical ropes that share the load equally. What is the tension in each rope, in newtons?
21. 21.🪢 A sign weighing 240 N hangs from 2 identical vertical ropes that share the load equally. What is the tension in each rope, in newtons?
22. 22.🪢 Tension or compression: a swing chain? (a) compression (b) tension
23. 23.True or false: a tent guy rope is in tension (pulled). (a) False (b) True
24. 24.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a temple column (b) a suspension cable (c) a hanging lamp chain (d) a swing chain
25. 25.🪢 A sign weighing 700 N hangs from 5 identical vertical ropes that share the load equally. What is the tension in each rope, in newtons?
26. 26.🪢 Tension or compression: a tow rope on a car? (a) compression (b) tension
27. 27.True or false: a stone in an arch is in compression (pushed). (a) False (b) True
28. 28.🪢 A stage stands on 4 identical legs and each leg is squeezed with 425 N. What is the total load on the stage, in newtons?
29. 29.🪢 Tension is a force that … (a) pushes or squeezes (b) turns things (c) heats things (d) pulls or stretches
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a table leg (b) a temple column (c) a tall bridge tower (d) a stretched rubber band
31. 31.🪢 A beam rests on two supports and is pressed down in the middle. Its bottom edge is … (a) stretched (tension) (b) not affected (c) twisted (d) squeezed (compression)
32. 32.🪢 Tension or compression: a stretched rubber band? (a) compression (b) tension
33. 33.🪢 A concrete slab weighing 15200 N rests evenly on 8 identical pillars. What compression force does each pillar carry, in newtons?
34. 34.🪢 Tension or compression: a temple column? (a) tension (b) compression
35. 35.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a stone in an arch (b) a tow rope on a car (c) a tent guy rope (d) a hanging lamp chain
36. 36.🪢 Tension or compression: a suspension cable? (a) tension (b) compression
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a squeezed spring (b) a hanging lamp chain (c) a swing chain (d) a tow rope on a car
38. 38.🪢 Compression is a force that … (a) makes light (b) pushes or squeezes (c) pulls or stretches (d) cools things
39. 39.🪢 Tension or compression: a tall bridge tower? (a) compression (b) tension
40. 40.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a swing chain (b) a tug of war rope (c) a brick at a wall base (d) a tent guy rope

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