Tension and Compression Worksheet

Engineering lesson 18: Tension and compression · Set 322 · 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 of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a suspension cable (b) a hanging lamp chain (c) a temple column (d) a swing chain
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a brick at a wall base (b) a bridge pier (c) a squeezed spring (d) a crane lifting cable
3. 3.🪢 A sign weighing 700 N hangs from 5 identical vertical ropes that share the load equally. What is the tension in each rope, in newtons?
4. 4.🪢 Tension or compression: a tent guy rope? (a) compression (b) tension
5. 5.🪢 Which material is good in tension but useless in compression? (a) a stone (b) a concrete block (c) a brick (d) a rope
6. 6.True or false: a stone in an arch is in tension (pulled). (a) False (b) True
7. 7.🪢 Compression is a force that … (a) pulls or stretches (b) pushes or squeezes (c) makes light (d) cools things
8. 8.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a pillar under a roof (b) a suspension cable (c) a tent guy rope (d) a tug of war rope
9. 9.True or false: a swing chain is in compression (pushed). (a) False (b) True
10. 10.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a temple column (b) a crane lifting cable (c) a bridge pier (d) a brick at a wall base
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a tall bridge tower (b) a crane lifting cable (c) a tug of war rope (d) a tow rope on a car
12. 12.🪢 A concrete slab weighing 4900 N rests evenly on 7 identical pillars. What compression force does each pillar carry, in newtons?
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bridge pier (b) a brick at a wall base (c) a stretched rubber band (d) a tall bridge tower
14. 14.True or false: a stretched rubber band is in tension (pulled). (a) True (b) False
15. 15.🪢 A concrete slab weighing 6600 N rests evenly on 3 identical pillars. What compression force does each pillar carry, in newtons?
16. 16.🪢 Tension or compression: a squeezed spring? (a) compression (b) tension
17. 17.True or false: a tent guy rope is in tension (pulled). (a) True (b) False
18. 18.🪢 Tension or compression: a hanging lamp chain? (a) tension (b) compression
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a tow rope on a car (b) a tent guy rope (c) a suspension cable (d) a temple column
20. 20.🪢 Tension or compression: a tow rope on a car? (a) compression (b) tension
21. 21.True or false: a brick at a wall base is in compression (pushed). (a) False (b) True
22. 22.🪢 A beam rests on two supports and is pressed down in the middle. Its bottom edge is … (a) squeezed (compression) (b) twisted (c) not affected (d) stretched (tension)
23. 23.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a pillar under a roof (b) a hanging lamp chain (c) a squeezed spring (d) a bridge pier
24. 24.🪢 Tension or compression: a bridge pier? (a) compression (b) tension
25. 25.True or false: a tall bridge tower is in tension (pulled). (a) True (b) False
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stone in an arch (b) a stretched rubber band (c) a tow rope on a car (d) a tug of war rope
27. 27.🪢 Tension or compression: a tug of war rope? (a) compression (b) tension
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bridge pier (b) a tug of war rope (c) a stretched rubber band (d) a hanging lamp chain
29. 29.🪢 Tension or compression: a swing chain? (a) compression (b) tension
30. 30.True or false: a squeezed spring is in compression (pushed). (a) False (b) True
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a tug of war rope (b) a squeezed spring (c) a stretched rubber band (d) a crane lifting cable
32. 32.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a swing chain (b) a pillar under a roof (c) a tall bridge tower (d) a brick at a wall base
33. 33.🪢 A concrete slab weighing 1800 N rests evenly on 2 identical pillars. What compression force does each pillar carry, in newtons?
34. 34.🪢 A concrete slab weighing 8100 N rests evenly on 3 identical pillars. What compression force does each pillar carry, in newtons?
35. 35.True or false: a bridge pier is in compression (pushed). (a) True (b) False
36. 36.🪢 Tension is a force that … (a) pushes or squeezes (b) pulls or stretches (c) heats things (d) turns things
37. 37.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a swing chain (b) a bridge pier (c) a suspension cable (d) a tug of war rope
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a brick at a wall base (b) a swing chain (c) a temple column (d) a bridge pier
39. 39.🪢 Tension or compression: a suspension cable? (a) compression (b) tension
40. 40.🪢 Tension or compression: a crane lifting cable? (a) tension (b) compression

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