Tension and Compression Worksheet

Engineering lesson 18: Tension and compression · Set 340 · 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 tension (pulled)? (a) a brick at a wall base (b) a temple column (c) a bridge pier (d) a tug of war rope
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a tug of war rope (b) a suspension cable (c) a tow rope on a car (d) a brick at a wall base
3. 3.🪢 Tension or compression: a suspension cable? (a) tension (b) compression
4. 4.🪢 A sign weighing 520 N hangs from 4 identical vertical ropes that share the load equally. What is the tension in each rope, in newtons?
5. 5.True or false: a crane lifting cable is in tension (pulled). (a) False (b) True
6. 6.🪢 Tension or compression: a brick at a wall base? (a) tension (b) compression
7. 7.🪢 Tension or compression: a tow rope on a car? (a) tension (b) compression
8. 8.True or false: a hanging lamp chain is in compression (pushed). (a) False (b) True
9. 9.🪢 Tension or compression: a crane lifting cable? (a) compression (b) tension
10. 10.🪢 Compression is a force that … (a) makes light (b) cools things (c) pushes or squeezes (d) pulls or stretches
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a temple column (b) a tall bridge tower (c) a tow rope on a car (d) a brick at a wall base
12. 12.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a stretched rubber band (b) a stone in an arch (c) a pillar under a roof (d) a bridge pier
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a temple column (b) a tug of war rope (c) a squeezed spring (d) a stone in an arch
14. 14.🪢 Tension or compression: a pillar under a roof? (a) tension (b) compression
15. 15.🪢 Tension is a force that … (a) heats things (b) pushes or squeezes (c) turns things (d) pulls or stretches
16. 16.True or false: a tow rope on a car is in tension (pulled). (a) False (b) True
17. 17.🪢 Tension or compression: a squeezed spring? (a) tension (b) compression
18. 18.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a hanging lamp chain (b) a stretched rubber band (c) a suspension cable (d) a tall bridge tower
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a tow rope on a car (b) a tall bridge tower (c) a hanging lamp chain (d) a crane lifting cable
20. 20.🪢 Tension or compression: a tall bridge tower? (a) tension (b) compression
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a tent guy rope (b) a tow rope on a car (c) a squeezed spring (d) a tug of war rope
22. 22.🪢 A concrete slab weighing 7700 N rests evenly on 7 identical pillars. What compression force does each pillar carry, in newtons?
23. 23.🪢 Tension or compression: a hanging lamp chain? (a) tension (b) compression
24. 24.True or false: a tall bridge tower is in tension (pulled). (a) False (b) True
25. 25.🪢 A beam rests on two supports and is pressed down in the middle. Its bottom edge is … (a) squeezed (compression) (b) stretched (tension) (c) not affected (d) twisted
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a tent guy rope (b) a crane lifting cable (c) a table leg (d) a hanging lamp chain
27. 27.🪢 Tension or compression: a tug of war rope? (a) tension (b) compression
28. 28.🪢 Tension or compression: a stone in an arch? (a) compression (b) tension
29. 29.True or false: a tent guy rope is in compression (pushed). (a) True (b) False
30. 30.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a stone in an arch (b) a squeezed spring (c) a crane lifting cable (d) a brick at a wall base
31. 31.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a tug of war rope (b) a swing chain (c) a tent guy rope (d) a pillar under a roof
32. 32.True or false: a table leg is in compression (pushed). (a) False (b) True
33. 33.🪢 A sign weighing 80 N hangs from 2 identical vertical ropes that share the load equally. What is the tension in each rope, in newtons?
34. 34.🪢 Tension or compression: a temple column? (a) compression (b) tension
35. 35.True or false: a hanging lamp chain is in tension (pulled). (a) False (b) True
36. 36.True or false: a stone in an arch is in tension (pulled). (a) True (b) False
37. 37.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a tow rope on a car (b) a crane lifting cable (c) a stretched rubber band (d) a stone in an arch
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a tow rope on a car (b) a stone in an arch (c) a tent guy rope (d) a crane lifting cable
39. 39.True or false: a squeezed spring is in tension (pulled). (a) True (b) False
40. 40.True or false: a pillar under a roof is in compression (pushed). (a) True (b) False

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