Tension and Compression Worksheet

Engineering lesson 18: Tension and compression · Set 343 · 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.🪢 Compression is a force that … (a) makes light (b) pulls or stretches (c) cools things (d) pushes or squeezes
2. 2.🪢 A stage stands on 4 identical legs and each leg is squeezed with 200 N. What is the total load on the stage, in newtons?
3. 3.🪢 Tension or compression: a suspension cable? (a) tension (b) compression
4. 4.🪢 Tension or compression: a squeezed spring? (a) compression (b) tension
5. 5.True or false: a crane lifting cable is in tension (pulled). (a) False (b) True
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a crane lifting cable (b) a tent guy rope (c) a squeezed spring (d) a suspension cable
7. 7.True or false: a crane lifting cable is in compression (pushed). (a) False (b) True
8. 8.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a bridge pier (b) a suspension cable (c) a squeezed spring (d) a tall bridge tower
9. 9.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a tug of war rope (b) a swing chain (c) a brick at a wall base (d) a tow rope on a car
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a tug of war rope (b) a stretched rubber band (c) a table leg (d) a tent guy rope
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a tow rope on a car (b) a hanging lamp chain (c) a brick at a wall base (d) a suspension cable
12. 12.True or false: a brick at a wall base is in compression (pushed). (a) False (b) True
13. 13.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a squeezed spring (b) a table leg (c) a tent guy rope (d) a bridge pier
14. 14.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a tent guy rope (b) a suspension cable (c) a pillar under a roof (d) a swing chain
15. 15.🪢 Tension or compression: a brick at a wall base? (a) compression (b) tension
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a squeezed spring (b) a table leg (c) a temple column (d) a crane lifting cable
17. 17.🪢 Tension or compression: a crane lifting cable? (a) tension (b) compression
18. 18.🪢 Tension or compression: a stone in an arch? (a) tension (b) compression
19. 19.🪢 Tension or compression: a tow rope on a car? (a) compression (b) tension
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stretched rubber band (b) a stone in an arch (c) a pillar under a roof (d) a tall bridge tower
21. 21.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a bridge pier (b) a tall bridge tower (c) a table leg (d) a tow rope on a car
22. 22.🪢 A stage stands on 7 identical legs and each leg is squeezed with 875 N. What is the total load on the stage, in newtons?
23. 23.🪢 Tension or compression: a tall bridge tower? (a) compression (b) tension
24. 24.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a table leg (b) a brick at a wall base (c) a squeezed spring (d) a stretched rubber band
25. 25.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a swing chain (b) a pillar under a roof (c) a squeezed spring (d) a temple column
26. 26.🪢 Which material is good in tension but useless in compression? (a) a stone (b) a concrete block (c) a brick (d) a rope
27. 27.True or false: a pillar under a roof is in compression (pushed). (a) True (b) False
28. 28.🪢 Tension or compression: a hanging lamp chain? (a) compression (b) tension
29. 29.True or false: a tow rope on a car is in compression (pushed). (a) True (b) False
30. 30.🪢 A concrete slab weighing 14000 N rests evenly on 7 identical pillars. What compression force does each pillar carry, in newtons?
31. 31.🪢 A stage stands on 3 identical legs and each leg is squeezed with 50 N. What is the total load on the stage, in newtons?
32. 32.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a tent guy rope (b) a stretched rubber band (c) a squeezed spring (d) a crane lifting cable
33. 33.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a pillar under a roof (b) a tug of war rope (c) a temple column (d) a table leg
34. 34.🪢 A beam rests on two supports and is pressed down in the middle. Its bottom edge is … (a) twisted (b) squeezed (compression) (c) not affected (d) stretched (tension)
35. 35.🪢 A concrete slab weighing 17500 N rests evenly on 7 identical pillars. What compression force does each pillar carry, in newtons?
36. 36.🪢 A sign weighing 300 N hangs from 2 identical vertical ropes that share the load equally. What is the tension in each rope, in newtons?
37. 37.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a stretched rubber band (b) a temple column (c) a hanging lamp chain (d) a suspension cable
38. 38.🪢 A concrete slab weighing 5600 N rests evenly on 7 identical pillars. What compression force does each pillar carry, in newtons?
39. 39.🪢 A sign weighing 390 N hangs from 3 identical vertical ropes that share the load equally. What is the tension in each rope, in newtons?
40. 40.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a tow rope on a car (b) a suspension cable (c) a crane lifting cable (d) a stone in an arch

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