Tension and Compression Worksheet

Engineering lesson 18: Tension and compression · Set 303 · 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 tension (pulled). (a) False (b) True
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a table leg (b) a stone in an arch (c) a tall bridge tower (d) a stretched rubber band
3. 3.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a tent guy rope (b) a crane lifting cable (c) a swing chain (d) a squeezed spring
4. 4.🪢 A stage stands on 5 identical legs and each leg is squeezed with 50 N. What is the total load on the stage, in newtons?
5. 5.🪢 A concrete slab weighing 14000 N rests evenly on 5 identical pillars. What compression force does each pillar carry, in newtons?
6. 6.🪢 A stage stands on 4 identical legs and each leg is squeezed with 225 N. What is the total load on the stage, in newtons?
7. 7.🪢 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?
8. 8.🪢 Compression is a force that … (a) pushes or squeezes (b) cools things (c) pulls or stretches (d) makes light
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stretched rubber band (b) a crane lifting cable (c) a table leg (d) a swing chain
10. 10.True or false: a crane lifting cable is in compression (pushed). (a) False (b) True
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a tow rope on a car (b) a pillar under a roof (c) a squeezed spring (d) a temple column
12. 12.🪢 Tension or compression: a tow rope on a car? (a) tension (b) compression
13. 13.🪢 A sign weighing 950 N hangs from 5 identical vertical ropes that share the load equally. What is the tension in each rope, in newtons?
14. 14.🪢 Tension is a force that … (a) pushes or squeezes (b) turns things (c) pulls or stretches (d) heats things
15. 15.🪢 Tension or compression: a stone in an arch? (a) compression (b) tension
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a pillar under a roof (b) a tug of war rope (c) a swing chain (d) a tow rope on a car
17. 17.True or false: a tow rope on a car is in compression (pushed). (a) False (b) True
18. 18.🪢 Tension or compression: a squeezed spring? (a) compression (b) tension
19. 19.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a stone in an arch (b) a pillar under a roof (c) a temple column (d) a crane lifting cable
20. 20.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a brick at a wall base (b) a stone in an arch (c) a table leg (d) a swing chain
21. 21.🪢 A beam rests on two supports and is pressed down in the middle. Its bottom edge is … (a) stretched (tension) (b) twisted (c) not affected (d) squeezed (compression)
22. 22.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a tent guy rope (b) a tug of war rope (c) a brick at a wall base (d) a tow rope on a car
23. 23.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a temple column (b) a tent guy rope (c) a stone in an arch (d) a brick at a wall base
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a pillar under a roof (b) a table leg (c) a squeezed spring (d) a crane lifting cable
25. 25.🪢 Tension or compression: a suspension cable? (a) compression (b) tension
26. 26.🪢 A concrete slab weighing 18000 N rests evenly on 6 identical pillars. What compression force does each pillar carry, in newtons?
27. 27.🪢 Tension or compression: a tent guy rope? (a) compression (b) tension
28. 28.🪢 Tension or compression: a bridge pier? (a) tension (b) compression
29. 29.🪢 Tension or compression: a temple column? (a) tension (b) compression
30. 30.🪢 A concrete slab weighing 1000 N rests evenly on 5 identical pillars. What compression force does each pillar carry, in newtons?
31. 31.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a tug of war rope (b) a swing chain (c) a stone in an arch (d) a crane lifting cable
32. 32.🪢 Tension or compression: a stretched rubber band? (a) tension (b) compression
33. 33.🪢 A concrete slab weighing 1500 N rests evenly on 3 identical pillars. What compression force does each pillar carry, in newtons?
34. 34.🪢 A concrete slab weighing 19200 N rests evenly on 8 identical pillars. What compression force does each pillar carry, in newtons?
35. 35.True or false: a squeezed spring is in tension (pulled). (a) True (b) False
36. 36.🪢 Tension or compression: a table leg? (a) tension (b) compression
37. 37.True or false: a tall bridge tower is in tension (pulled). (a) True (b) False
38. 38.🪢 A concrete slab weighing 2400 N rests evenly on 4 identical pillars. What compression force does each pillar carry, in newtons?
39. 39.🪢 Which material is good in tension but useless in compression? (a) a brick (b) a rope (c) a stone (d) a concrete block
40. 40.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a pillar under a roof (b) a tow rope on a car (c) a temple column (d) a stone in an arch

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