Tension and Compression Worksheet

Engineering lesson 18: Tension and compression · Set 358 · 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 hanging lamp chain? (a) tension (b) compression
2. 2.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a bridge pier (b) a tow rope on a car (c) a suspension cable (d) a swing chain
3. 3.🪢 Tension or compression: a tall bridge tower? (a) tension (b) compression
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a squeezed spring (b) a temple column (c) a swing chain (d) a brick at a wall base
5. 5.🪢 Tension or compression: a crane lifting cable? (a) tension (b) compression
6. 6.🪢 Tension or compression: a tow rope on a car? (a) tension (b) compression
7. 7.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a table leg (b) a stone in an arch (c) a pillar under a roof (d) a tug of war rope
8. 8.🪢 Tension or compression: a squeezed spring? (a) compression (b) tension
9. 9.True or false: a stretched rubber band is in tension (pulled). (a) True (b) False
10. 10.🪢 A sign weighing 600 N hangs from 5 identical vertical ropes that share the load equally. What is the tension in each rope, in newtons?
11. 11.🪢 Tension or compression: a suspension cable? (a) tension (b) compression
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a tug of war rope (b) a tent guy rope (c) a stretched rubber band (d) a stone in an arch
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a table leg (b) a temple column (c) a suspension cable (d) a stone in an arch
14. 14.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a stretched rubber band (b) a temple column (c) a tow rope on a car (d) a tug of war rope
15. 15.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a temple column (b) a bridge pier (c) a suspension cable (d) a tall bridge tower
16. 16.🪢 A concrete slab weighing 22400 N rests evenly on 8 identical pillars. What compression force does each pillar carry, in newtons?
17. 17.True or false: a brick at a wall base is in tension (pulled). (a) True (b) False
18. 18.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a tug of war rope (b) a tent guy rope (c) a brick at a wall base (d) a tow rope on a car
19. 19.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a hanging lamp chain (b) a swing chain (c) a tent guy rope (d) a tall bridge tower
20. 20.True or false: a tall bridge tower is in tension (pulled). (a) False (b) True
21. 21.🪢 Compression is a force that … (a) pushes or squeezes (b) cools things (c) makes light (d) pulls or stretches
22. 22.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a tug of war rope (b) a tow rope on a car (c) a suspension cable (d) a table leg
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a hanging lamp chain (b) a tall bridge tower (c) a tent guy rope (d) a tug of war rope
24. 24.True or false: a tow rope on a car is in compression (pushed). (a) True (b) False
25. 25.True or false: a tall bridge tower is in compression (pushed). (a) False (b) True
26. 26.🪢 Which material is good in tension but useless in compression? (a) a concrete block (b) a brick (c) a rope (d) a stone
27. 27.True or false: a hanging lamp chain is in tension (pulled). (a) True (b) False
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a crane lifting cable (b) a tent guy rope (c) a stretched rubber band (d) a squeezed spring
29. 29.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a swing chain (b) a tow rope on a car (c) a tug of war rope (d) a squeezed spring
30. 30.🪢 Tension or compression: a tug of war rope? (a) tension (b) compression
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a tug of war rope (b) a suspension cable (c) a tent guy rope (d) a pillar under a roof
32. 32.🪢 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?
33. 33.True or false: a hanging lamp chain is in compression (pushed). (a) True (b) False
34. 34.True or false: a brick at a wall base is in compression (pushed). (a) False (b) True
35. 35.🪢 Tension is a force that … (a) pushes or squeezes (b) turns things (c) pulls or stretches (d) heats things
36. 36.🪢 Tension or compression: a pillar under a roof? (a) tension (b) compression
37. 37.🪢 Tension or compression: a swing chain? (a) tension (b) compression
38. 38.🪢 A beam rests on two supports and is pressed down in the middle. Its bottom edge is … (a) twisted (b) stretched (tension) (c) not affected (d) squeezed (compression)
39. 39.🪢 A concrete slab weighing 21600 N rests evenly on 8 identical pillars. What compression force does each pillar carry, in newtons?
40. 40.🪢 Tension or compression: a temple column? (a) compression (b) tension

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