Tension and Compression Worksheet

Engineering lesson 18: Tension and compression · Set 318 · 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 bridge pier is in compression (pushed). (a) True (b) False
2. 2.🪢 Which material is good in tension but useless in compression? (a) a concrete block (b) a brick (c) a rope (d) a stone
3. 3.True or false: a hanging lamp chain is in compression (pushed). (a) False (b) True
4. 4.True or false: a pillar under a roof is in compression (pushed). (a) False (b) True
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a suspension cable (b) a tent guy rope (c) a tow rope on a car (d) a pillar under a roof
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a tow rope on a car (b) a suspension cable (c) a swing chain (d) a stone in an arch
7. 7.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a suspension cable (b) a temple column (c) a tug of war rope (d) a tent guy rope
8. 8.🪢 Tension or compression: a tow rope on a car? (a) compression (b) tension
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a pillar under a roof (b) a temple column (c) a brick at a wall base (d) a crane lifting cable
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bridge pier (b) a pillar under a roof (c) a swing chain (d) a table leg
11. 11.🪢 A concrete slab weighing 4800 N rests evenly on 2 identical pillars. What compression force does each pillar carry, in newtons?
12. 12.🪢 Compression is a force that … (a) makes light (b) pulls or stretches (c) cools things (d) pushes or squeezes
13. 13.True or false: a table leg is in tension (pulled). (a) True (b) False
14. 14.🪢 A concrete slab weighing 8000 N rests evenly on 5 identical pillars. What compression force does each pillar carry, in newtons?
15. 15.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a crane lifting cable (b) a stone in an arch (c) a swing chain (d) a suspension cable
16. 16.🪢 A beam rests on two supports and is pressed down in the middle. Its bottom edge is … (a) twisted (b) squeezed (compression) (c) stretched (tension) (d) not affected
17. 17.🪢 Tension or compression: a stretched rubber band? (a) compression (b) tension
18. 18.🪢 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?
19. 19.🪢 A sign weighing 50 N hangs from 5 identical vertical ropes that share the load equally. What is the tension in each rope, in newtons?
20. 20.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a pillar under a roof (b) a temple column (c) a hanging lamp chain (d) a tall bridge tower
21. 21.True or false: a tug of war rope is in compression (pushed). (a) False (b) True
22. 22.🪢 Tension or compression: a hanging lamp chain? (a) compression (b) tension
23. 23.True or false: a crane lifting cable is in tension (pulled). (a) False (b) True
24. 24.🪢 Tension or compression: a tug of war rope? (a) compression (b) tension
25. 25.🪢 Tension or compression: a table leg? (a) compression (b) tension
26. 26.True or false: a tow rope on a car is in compression (pushed). (a) True (b) False
27. 27.True or false: a suspension cable is in compression (pushed). (a) False (b) True
28. 28.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a squeezed spring (b) a bridge pier (c) a tent guy rope (d) a stone in an arch
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a crane lifting cable (b) a swing chain (c) a suspension cable (d) a temple column
30. 30.🪢 A concrete slab weighing 7600 N rests evenly on 4 identical pillars. What compression force does each pillar carry, in newtons?
31. 31.True or false: a swing chain is in compression (pushed). (a) False (b) True
32. 32.🪢 Tension or compression: a crane lifting cable? (a) tension (b) compression
33. 33.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a table leg (b) a pillar under a roof (c) a swing chain (d) a bridge pier
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a suspension cable (b) a bridge pier (c) a tug of war rope (d) a swing chain
35. 35.True or false: a temple column is in tension (pulled). (a) False (b) True
36. 36.🪢 A concrete slab weighing 17600 N rests evenly on 8 identical pillars. What compression force does each pillar carry, in newtons?
37. 37.🪢 Tension or compression: a suspension cable? (a) tension (b) compression
38. 38.True or false: a crane lifting cable is in compression (pushed). (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🪢 A sign weighing 400 N hangs from 2 identical vertical ropes that share the load equally. What is the tension in each rope, in newtons?
40. 40.True or false: a suspension cable is in tension (pulled). (a) False (b) True

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