Tension and Compression Worksheet

Engineering lesson 18: Tension and compression · Set 317 · 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) tension (b) compression
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a pillar under a roof (b) a stretched rubber band (c) a crane lifting cable (d) a tow rope on a car
3. 3.True or false: a tall bridge tower is in compression (pushed). (a) False (b) True
4. 4.🪢 Tension or compression: a hanging lamp chain? (a) tension (b) compression
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a temple column (b) a tug of war rope (c) a stretched rubber band (d) a crane lifting cable
6. 6.🪢 Tension is a force that … (a) pulls or stretches (b) turns things (c) heats things (d) pushes or squeezes
7. 7.🪢 Tension or compression: a stretched rubber band? (a) compression (b) tension
8. 8.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a stone in an arch (b) a hanging lamp chain (c) a squeezed spring (d) a bridge pier
9. 9.🪢 Tension or compression: a bridge pier? (a) tension (b) compression
10. 10.🪢 Tension or compression: a tug of war rope? (a) tension (b) compression
11. 11.🪢 Tension or compression: a tall bridge tower? (a) compression (b) tension
12. 12.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a bridge pier (b) a tow rope on a car (c) a pillar under a roof (d) a tall bridge tower
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a temple column (b) a swing chain (c) a brick at a wall base (d) a stone in an arch
14. 14.🪢 A sign weighing 720 N hangs from 6 identical vertical ropes that share the load equally. What is the tension in each rope, in newtons?
15. 15.True or false: a tent guy rope is in compression (pushed). (a) True (b) False
16. 16.🪢 Tension or compression: a tow rope on a car? (a) compression (b) tension
17. 17.True or false: a pillar under a roof is in compression (pushed). (a) False (b) True
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a temple column (b) a squeezed spring (c) a stretched rubber band (d) a bridge pier
19. 19.🪢 Tension or compression: a brick at a wall base? (a) tension (b) compression
20. 20.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a brick at a wall base (b) a stone in an arch (c) a pillar under a roof (d) a tent guy rope
21. 21.🪢 A sign weighing 220 N hangs from 2 identical vertical ropes that share the load equally. What is the tension in each rope, in newtons?
22. 22.True or false: a temple column is in tension (pulled). (a) False (b) True
23. 23.True or false: a tug of war rope is in compression (pushed). (a) False (b) True
24. 24.🪢 Tension or compression: a suspension cable? (a) compression (b) tension
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a tug of war rope (b) a pillar under a roof (c) a bridge pier (d) a temple column
26. 26.🪢 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)
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stretched rubber band (b) a crane lifting cable (c) a suspension cable (d) a stone in an arch
28. 28.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a swing chain (b) a pillar under a roof (c) a brick at a wall base (d) a table leg
29. 29.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a brick at a wall base (b) a bridge pier (c) a suspension cable (d) a temple column
30. 30.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a hanging lamp chain (b) a stretched rubber band (c) a table leg (d) a crane lifting cable
31. 31.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a tug of war rope (b) a brick at a wall base (c) a squeezed spring (d) a bridge pier
32. 32.🪢 A stage stands on 4 identical legs and each leg is squeezed with 125 N. What is the total load on the stage, in newtons?
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a tug of war rope (b) a suspension cable (c) a squeezed spring (d) a hanging lamp chain
34. 34.🪢 A concrete slab weighing 3200 N rests evenly on 4 identical pillars. What compression force does each pillar carry, in newtons?
35. 35.🪢 A concrete slab weighing 10200 N rests evenly on 6 identical pillars. What compression force does each pillar carry, in newtons?
36. 36.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a swing chain (b) a suspension cable (c) a tent guy rope (d) a stone in an arch
37. 37.🪢 A concrete slab weighing 400 N rests evenly on 4 identical pillars. What compression force does each pillar carry, in newtons?
38. 38.🪢 Tension or compression: a tent guy rope? (a) compression (b) tension
39. 39.True or false: a temple column is in compression (pushed). (a) False (b) True
40. 40.🪢 A concrete slab weighing 5000 N rests evenly on 2 identical pillars. What compression force does each pillar carry, in newtons?

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