Tension and Compression Worksheet

Engineering lesson 18: Tension and compression · Set 346 · 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 table leg? (a) tension (b) compression
2. 2.True or false: a tug of war rope is in compression (pushed). (a) True (b) False
3. 3.🪢 A stage stands on 3 identical legs and each leg is squeezed with 575 N. What is the total load on the stage, in newtons?
4. 4.🪢 Tension is a force that … (a) turns things (b) pulls or stretches (c) heats things (d) pushes or squeezes
5. 5.🪢 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?
6. 6.🪢 Tension or compression: a hanging lamp chain? (a) tension (b) compression
7. 7.🪢 Tension or compression: a tent guy rope? (a) compression (b) tension
8. 8.🪢 Tension or compression: a pillar under a roof? (a) compression (b) tension
9. 9.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a tow rope on a car (b) a temple column (c) a tall bridge tower (d) a brick at a wall base
10. 10.True or false: a tall bridge tower is in compression (pushed). (a) True (b) False
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a squeezed spring (b) a stretched rubber band (c) a table leg (d) a pillar under a roof
12. 12.🪢 A concrete slab weighing 6900 N rests evenly on 3 identical pillars. What compression force does each pillar carry, in newtons?
13. 13.🪢 A stage stands on 6 identical legs and each leg is squeezed with 125 N. What is the total load on the stage, in newtons?
14. 14.🪢 A sign weighing 150 N hangs from 5 identical vertical ropes that share the load equally. What is the tension in each rope, in newtons?
15. 15.🪢 A concrete slab weighing 10400 N rests evenly on 8 identical pillars. What compression force does each pillar carry, in newtons?
16. 16.🪢 Tension or compression: a suspension cable? (a) tension (b) compression
17. 17.True or false: a tow rope on a car is in tension (pulled). (a) True (b) False
18. 18.True or false: a temple column is in compression (pushed). (a) False (b) True
19. 19.True or false: a squeezed spring is in tension (pulled). (a) True (b) False
20. 20.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a squeezed spring (b) a swing chain (c) a tow rope on a car (d) a tug of war rope
21. 21.🪢 Which material is good in tension but useless in compression? (a) a brick (b) a rope (c) a concrete block (d) a stone
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a squeezed spring (b) a tug of war rope (c) a temple column (d) a pillar under a roof
23. 23.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a tent guy rope (b) a crane lifting cable (c) a tow rope on a car (d) a temple column
24. 24.🪢 A concrete slab weighing 3200 N rests evenly on 4 identical pillars. What compression force does each pillar carry, in newtons?
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stone in an arch (b) a temple column (c) a table leg (d) a crane lifting cable
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a tow rope on a car (b) a temple column (c) a swing chain (d) a hanging lamp chain
27. 27.🪢 A beam rests on two supports and is pressed down in the middle. Its bottom edge is … (a) twisted (b) not affected (c) stretched (tension) (d) squeezed (compression)
28. 28.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a brick at a wall base (b) a temple column (c) a crane lifting cable (d) a pillar under a roof
29. 29.True or false: a stone in an arch is in tension (pulled). (a) True (b) False
30. 30.🪢 Tension or compression: a swing chain? (a) compression (b) tension
31. 31.True or false: a suspension cable is in compression (pushed). (a) True (b) False
32. 32.True or false: a stretched rubber band is in compression (pushed). (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🪢 A concrete slab weighing 6800 N rests evenly on 4 identical pillars. What compression force does each pillar carry, in newtons?
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a temple column (b) a stone in an arch (c) a suspension cable (d) a table leg
35. 35.True or false: a pillar under a roof is in compression (pushed). (a) False (b) True
36. 36.🪢 A stage stands on 4 identical legs and each leg is squeezed with 325 N. What is the total load on the stage, in newtons?
37. 37.🪢 A stage stands on 3 identical legs and each leg is squeezed with 250 N. What is the total load on the stage, in newtons?
38. 38.True or false: a crane lifting cable is in compression (pushed). (a) False (b) True
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stone in an arch (b) a crane lifting cable (c) a tow rope on a car (d) a swing chain
40. 40.🪢 Tension or compression: a squeezed spring? (a) compression (b) tension

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