Tension and Compression Worksheet

Engineering lesson 18: Tension and compression · Set 31 · 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.🪢 Tension or compression: a crane lifting cable? (a) compression (b) tension
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a pillar under a roof (b) a stone in an arch (c) a suspension cable (d) a squeezed spring
3. 3.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a table leg (b) a crane lifting cable (c) a temple column (d) a stone in an arch
4. 4.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a tall bridge tower (b) a crane lifting cable (c) a stretched rubber band (d) a tow rope on a car
5. 5.🪢 Which material is good in tension but useless in compression? (a) a rope (b) a concrete block (c) a stone (d) a brick
6. 6.🪢 Tension or compression: a brick at a wall base? (a) tension (b) compression
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a temple column (b) a pillar under a roof (c) a squeezed spring (d) a stretched rubber band
8. 8.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a tow rope on a car (b) a crane lifting cable (c) a tent guy rope (d) a stone in an arch
9. 9.🪢 A sign weighing 720 N hangs from 4 identical vertical ropes that share the load equally. What is the tension in each rope, in newtons?
10. 10.🪢 A concrete slab weighing 11900 N rests evenly on 7 identical pillars. What compression force does each pillar carry, in newtons?
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a tent guy rope (b) a crane lifting cable (c) a pillar under a roof (d) a tow rope on a car
12. 12.True or false: a tow rope on a car is in tension (pulled). (a) True (b) False
13. 13.🪢 Tension or compression: a tall bridge tower? (a) tension (b) compression
14. 14.🪢 A sign weighing 510 N hangs from 3 identical vertical ropes that share the load equally. What is the tension in each rope, in newtons?
15. 15.🪢 Tension or compression: a stretched rubber band? (a) tension (b) compression
16. 16.🪢 Tension or compression: a temple column? (a) compression (b) tension
17. 17.True or false: a suspension cable is in tension (pulled). (a) False (b) True
18. 18.🪢 Tension is a force that … (a) heats things (b) turns things (c) pulls or stretches (d) pushes or squeezes
19. 19.True or false: a tent guy rope is in compression (pushed). (a) False (b) True
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 compression (pushed)? (a) a stretched rubber band (b) a crane lifting cable (c) a brick at a wall base (d) a tug of war rope
22. 22.🪢 Tension or compression: a stone in an arch? (a) compression (b) tension
23. 23.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a crane lifting cable (b) a swing chain (c) a tow rope on a car (d) a pillar under a roof
24. 24.True or false: a tall bridge tower is in tension (pulled). (a) False (b) True
25. 25.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a temple column (b) a tall bridge tower (c) a squeezed spring (d) a tow rope on a car
26. 26.True or false: a tow rope on a car is in compression (pushed). (a) False (b) True
27. 27.🪢 A sign weighing 1000 N hangs from 5 identical vertical ropes that share the load equally. What is the tension in each rope, in newtons?
28. 28.True or false: a suspension cable is in compression (pushed). (a) False (b) True
29. 29.🪢 A sign weighing 180 N hangs from 2 identical vertical ropes that share the load equally. What is the tension in each rope, in newtons?
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a hanging lamp chain (b) a swing chain (c) a stretched rubber band (d) a squeezed spring
31. 31.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a temple column (b) a pillar under a roof (c) a tent guy rope (d) a stone in an arch
32. 32.🪢 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?
33. 33.🪢 A sign weighing 550 N hangs from 5 identical vertical ropes that share the load equally. What is the tension in each rope, in newtons?
34. 34.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a squeezed spring (b) a stone in an arch (c) a stretched rubber band (d) a tall bridge tower
35. 35.🪢 A stage stands on 3 identical legs and each leg is squeezed with 50 N. What is the total load on the stage, in newtons?
36. 36.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a tug of war rope (b) a table leg (c) a brick at a wall base (d) a bridge pier
37. 37.🪢 Tension or compression: a hanging lamp chain? (a) compression (b) tension
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a hanging lamp chain (b) a tug of war rope (c) a stretched rubber band (d) a brick at a wall base
39. 39.🪢 Tension or compression: a suspension cable? (a) tension (b) compression
40. 40.True or false: a tug of war rope is in tension (pulled). (a) False (b) True

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