Tension and Compression Worksheet

Engineering lesson 18: Tension and compression · Set 310 · 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 crane lifting cable (c) a stone in an arch (d) a tent guy rope
2. 2.🪢 Compression is a force that … (a) pushes or squeezes (b) cools things (c) makes light (d) pulls or stretches
3. 3.🪢 A stage stands on 7 identical legs and each leg is squeezed with 975 N. What is the total load on the stage, in newtons?
4. 4.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a tow rope on a car (b) a brick at a wall base (c) a squeezed spring (d) a temple column
5. 5.🪢 Which material is good in tension but useless in compression? (a) a brick (b) a concrete block (c) a rope (d) a stone
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a tall bridge tower (b) a hanging lamp chain (c) a brick at a wall base (d) a temple column
7. 7.🪢 A stage stands on 4 identical legs and each leg is squeezed with 400 N. What is the total load on the stage, in newtons?
8. 8.🪢 Tension or compression: a stone in an arch? (a) compression (b) tension
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a squeezed spring (b) a tow rope on a car (c) a hanging lamp chain (d) a tug of war rope
10. 10.🪢 Tension or compression: a tow rope on a car? (a) tension (b) compression
11. 11.True or false: a bridge pier is in compression (pushed). (a) True (b) False
12. 12.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a tall bridge tower (b) a swing chain (c) a pillar under a roof (d) a bridge pier
13. 13.🪢 Tension or compression: a tent guy rope? (a) compression (b) tension
14. 14.True or false: a temple column is in tension (pulled). (a) True (b) False
15. 15.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a suspension cable (b) a stone in an arch (c) a stretched rubber band (d) a tent guy rope
16. 16.🪢 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?
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stretched rubber band (b) a temple column (c) a bridge pier (d) a tall bridge tower
18. 18.True or false: a stretched rubber band is in compression (pushed). (a) False (b) True
19. 19.🪢 Tension is a force that … (a) heats things (b) pushes or squeezes (c) pulls or stretches (d) turns things
20. 20.🪢 A concrete slab weighing 4000 N rests evenly on 2 identical pillars. What compression force does each pillar carry, in newtons?
21. 21.🪢 Tension or compression: a table leg? (a) compression (b) tension
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bridge pier (b) a suspension cable (c) a pillar under a roof (d) a tall bridge tower
23. 23.🪢 Tension or compression: a squeezed spring? (a) compression (b) tension
24. 24.🪢 A concrete slab weighing 6600 N rests evenly on 6 identical pillars. What compression force does each pillar carry, in newtons?
25. 25.True or false: a squeezed spring is in compression (pushed). (a) True (b) False
26. 26.True or false: a pillar under a roof is in compression (pushed). (a) True (b) False
27. 27.True or false: a tall bridge tower is in compression (pushed). (a) True (b) False
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a pillar under a roof (b) a temple column (c) a table leg (d) a tow rope on a car
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a tug of war rope (b) a crane lifting cable (c) a bridge pier (d) a suspension cable
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a suspension cable (b) a hanging lamp chain (c) a temple column (d) a crane lifting cable
31. 31.True or false: a crane lifting cable is in tension (pulled). (a) True (b) False
32. 32.🪢 A concrete slab weighing 3200 N rests evenly on 8 identical pillars. What compression force does each pillar carry, in newtons?
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a brick at a wall base (b) a suspension cable (c) a tow rope on a car (d) a tug of war rope
34. 34.🪢 A beam rests on two supports and is pressed down in the middle. Its bottom edge is … (a) stretched (tension) (b) squeezed (compression) (c) twisted (d) not affected
35. 35.True or false: a pillar under a roof is in tension (pulled). (a) True (b) False
36. 36.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a hanging lamp chain (b) a suspension cable (c) a tent guy rope (d) a squeezed spring
37. 37.🪢 A stage stands on 7 identical legs and each leg is squeezed with 900 N. What is the total load on the stage, in newtons?
38. 38.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a tent guy rope (b) a swing chain (c) a tug of war rope (d) a pillar under a roof
39. 39.🪢 Tension or compression: a temple column? (a) tension (b) compression
40. 40.True or false: a tow rope on a car is in compression (pushed). (a) False (b) True

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