Tension and Compression Worksheet

Engineering lesson 18: Tension and compression · Set 306 · 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 320 N hangs from 2 identical vertical ropes that share the load equally. What is the tension in each rope, in newtons?
2. 2.🪢 A concrete slab weighing 4500 N rests evenly on 5 identical pillars. What compression force does each pillar carry, in newtons?
3. 3.🪢 A sign weighing 480 N hangs from 6 identical vertical ropes that share the load equally. What is the tension in each rope, in newtons?
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stone in an arch (b) a swing chain (c) a bridge pier (d) a pillar under a roof
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a temple column (b) a table leg (c) a stretched rubber band (d) a tall bridge tower
6. 6.🪢 Tension or compression: a bridge pier? (a) tension (b) compression
7. 7.🪢 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?
8. 8.🪢 Tension or compression: a stretched rubber band? (a) tension (b) compression
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a hanging lamp chain (b) a brick at a wall base (c) a crane lifting cable (d) a tow rope on a car
10. 10.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a stone in an arch (b) a tent guy rope (c) a pillar under a roof (d) a table leg
11. 11.🪢 A sign weighing 60 N hangs from 2 identical vertical ropes that share the load equally. What is the tension in each rope, in newtons?
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a tent guy rope (b) a crane lifting cable (c) a squeezed spring (d) a tug of war rope
13. 13.🪢 Tension is a force that … (a) heats things (b) pushes or squeezes (c) turns things (d) pulls or stretches
14. 14.🪢 A beam rests on two supports and is pressed down in the middle. Its bottom edge is … (a) squeezed (compression) (b) twisted (c) stretched (tension) (d) not affected
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a temple column (b) a pillar under a roof (c) a table leg (d) a hanging lamp chain
16. 16.🪢 Tension or compression: a swing chain? (a) tension (b) compression
17. 17.True or false: a table leg is in tension (pulled). (a) True (b) False
18. 18.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a swing chain (b) a stone in an arch (c) a temple column (d) a pillar under a roof
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a tall bridge tower (b) a temple column (c) a pillar under a roof (d) a suspension cable
20. 20.🪢 Compression is a force that … (a) pushes or squeezes (b) cools things (c) pulls or stretches (d) makes light
21. 21.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a hanging lamp chain (b) a bridge pier (c) a temple column (d) a tall bridge tower
22. 22.True or false: a tent guy rope is in compression (pushed). (a) True (b) False
23. 23.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a tent guy rope (b) a tug of war rope (c) a swing chain (d) a tall bridge tower
24. 24.🪢 A stage stands on 6 identical legs and each leg is squeezed with 100 N. What is the total load on the stage, in newtons?
25. 25.True or false: a tow rope on a car is in compression (pushed). (a) False (b) True
26. 26.🪢 A sign weighing 80 N hangs from 2 identical vertical ropes that share the load equally. What is the tension in each rope, in newtons?
27. 27.🪢 Tension or compression: a temple column? (a) compression (b) tension
28. 28.🪢 A concrete slab weighing 800 N rests evenly on 2 identical pillars. What compression force does each pillar carry, in newtons?
29. 29.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a tow rope on a car (b) a suspension cable (c) a hanging lamp chain (d) a table leg
30. 30.🪢 A concrete slab weighing 6000 N rests evenly on 6 identical pillars. What compression force does each pillar carry, in newtons?
31. 31.🪢 Tension or compression: a table leg? (a) compression (b) tension
32. 32.🪢 Tension or compression: a hanging lamp chain? (a) tension (b) compression
33. 33.True or false: a tow rope on a car is in tension (pulled). (a) False (b) True
34. 34.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a stretched rubber band (b) a crane lifting cable (c) a tent guy rope (d) a temple column
35. 35.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a hanging lamp chain (b) a bridge pier (c) a tug of war rope (d) a crane lifting cable
36. 36.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a crane lifting cable (b) a stone in an arch (c) a tug of war rope (d) a tent guy rope
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a tow rope on a car (b) a hanging lamp chain (c) a stone in an arch (d) a stretched rubber band
38. 38.🪢 Which material is good in tension but useless in compression? (a) a concrete block (b) a brick (c) a stone (d) a rope
39. 39.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a table leg (b) a bridge pier (c) a squeezed spring (d) a tow rope on a car
40. 40.True or false: a brick at a wall base is in tension (pulled). (a) False (b) True

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